An updated meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of acupuncture treatment for cerebral infarction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Li, Li ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Meng, Shu Qing ^a   Qian, Hai Zhou ^a  

^a ZHONGNAN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL EFFICACY RATE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FAINTNESS; FUGL MEYER ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INJECTION SITE PAIN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROLOGICAL DEFICIT SCORE; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REHABILITATION CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; PROCEDURES;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84914706873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114057     Document Type: Article

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