Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture Treatment in Combination With RehaCom Cognitive Training for Improving Cognitive Function in Stroke: A 2 × 2 Factorial Design Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1114-1122

  Jiang, Cai ^a   Yang, Shanli ^a   Tao, Jing ^a   Huang, Jia ^a   Li, Yinyan ^a   Ye, Haicheng ^b   Chen, Shanjia ^a   Hong, Wenjun ^a   Chen, Lidian ^a  

^a FUJIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; cognitive dysfunction; RehaCom training; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE PATIENT; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STROKE REHABILITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STROKE REHABILITATION; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84997693732     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.07.021     Document Type: Article

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