Table 1.
Characteristics of the included studies.
| Study | Study location | Sample size (E/C) | Gender (male/female) | Mean age (years) | Duration after stroke (days) | Treatment period | Interventions | Outcomes | Adverse events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E | C | E | C | E | C | E | C | ||||||
| Hua [12] | China | 23/22 | 18/5 | 16/6 | 62.35 ± 10.14 | 64.00 ± 8.88 | 70.96 ± 37.06 | 76.41 ± 36.71 | 8 weeks | R + A | R | MBI | NR |
| Fu [13] | China | 32/32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 weeks | R + A | R | BI, FMA | NR |
| Fan and Feng [14] | China | 34/35 | 19/15 | 18/17 | 66.65 ± 11.19 | 57.28 ± 13.35 | 19.70 ± 3.38 | 32.88 ± 4.04 | 4 weeks | R + A | R | MBI | NR |
| Xu et al. [15] | China | 40/40 | 29/11 | 32/8 | 63.10 ± 7.50 | 62.50 ± 7.60 | — | — | 8 months | R + A | R | BI | None |
| Lei et al. [20] | China | 14/13 | 8/6 | 8/5 | 63.15 ± 11.24 | 63.00 ± 9.97 | 72.21 ± 36.86 | 75.15 ± 39.20 | 8 weeks | R + A | R | MBI, CBS, FMA | NR |
| Ling and Hong[16] | China | 50/50 | 27/23 | 29/21 | 67.30 ± 9.80 | 60.90 ± 12.30 | 27.00 ± 18.40 | 30.40 ± 21.12 | 4 weeks | R + A | R | MBI, FMA | NR |
| Lin [17] | China | 20/18 | 13/7 | 13/5 | 59.00 ± 8.00 | 60.00 ± 8.00 | 115.70 ± 31.30 | 109.40 ± 33.40 | 6 weeks | R + A | R | MBI, BIT-C | NR |
| Chen Chun [18] | China | 40/40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 weeks | R + A | R | MBI, FMA | NR |
| Zhang [19] | China | 23/21 | 13/10 | 10/11 | 58.70 ± 5.20 | 59.40 ± 6.10 | 45.30 ± 5.40 | 43.70 ± 5.60 | 4 weeks | R + A | R | MBI, CBS, FMA | NR |
E: experimental group; C: control group; A: acupuncture; R: rehabilitation; BIT-C: behavioural inattention test-conventional; CBS: Catherine Bergego scale; FMA: Fugl–Meyer assessment; BI: Barthel index; MBI: modified Barthel index; NR = not reported.