Acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Yang, Ai ^a   Wu, Hong Mei ^a   Tang, Jin Ling ^b   Xu, Li ^c   Yang, Ming ^a   Liu, Guan J ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Stomatology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STROKE REHABILITATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; CONVALESCENCE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84983537164     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004131.pub3     Document Type: Review

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