ADL	Activities of daily living
AG	Acupuncture group
CENTRAL	Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials
CG	Control group
CI	Confidence interval
EG	Experimental group
MD	Mean difference
MG	Massage group
NDT	Neuro-Developmental Treatment
NIHSS	National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
PEDro	Physiotherapy Evidence Database
RCT	Randomized controlled clinical trials
ROM	Range of motion