Acupuncture Efficacy on Ischemic Stroke Recovery

Stroke

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1301-1306

  Zhang, Shihong ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Liu, Ming ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Zeng, Xianrong ^b   Liu, Hua ^c   Yang, Qingcheng ^d   Han, Zhao ^e   Rao, Ping ^f   Wang, Dong ^g  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d Department of Pharmacy People's Hospital of Anyang City   (China)

^e THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f The First People's Hospital of Chengdu   (China)

^g Department of Neurology Third Affiliated Hospital of Neimenggu Medical College   (China)

Author keywords

acupuncture; clinical trial; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933511984     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.007659     Document Type: Article

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