Electroacupuncture for Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1541-1566

  Liu, Ai Ju ^a   Li, Ji Huang ^a   Li, Hui Qin ^a   Fu, Deng Lei ^a   Lu, Lin ^b   Bian, Zhao Xiang ^b   Zheng, Guo Qing ^a  

^a THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL AND YUYING CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute Ischemic Stroke; Electroacupuncture; Meta analysis; Systematic Review

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SITE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECCHYMOSIS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FAINTNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953356338     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X15500883     Document Type: Article

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