Cochrane · systematic review · CD004131
Acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation
Yang, A, Wu, HM, Tang, JL, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library
StrokeAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
16
current version
GRADE rated
16
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 25%Low 10 · 62.5%Moderate 2 · 12.5%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Comparison
Population: adults with stroke
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Improvement of dependency at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 616 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Improvement of global neurological deficit at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 240 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of global neurological deficit at the end of treatment | OR 3.89 [1.78, 8.49] | 7 studies · 543 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of motor function at the end of treatment ‐ upper and lower extremities motor function (FMA) | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 245 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of motor function at the end of treatment ‐ general motor function | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 60 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvment of general motor function at the end of | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 1 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of motor function at the end of treatment | OR 2.41 [0.98, 5.96] | 2 studies · 125 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of cognitive function at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 5 studies · 278 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Improvment of cognitive function at the end of | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 71 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of cognitive function at the end of treatment | OR 3.82 [1.89, 7.72] | 3 studies · 166 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of depression at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 552 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Improvement of swallowing function at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 200 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency |
Improvement of pain at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 118 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of sleep quality at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 60 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of spasticity at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 60 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Improvement of quality of life at the end of treatment | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 71 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |