Table 1.
Search strategy for Medline via PubMed.
| Number | Search items |
| #1 | “cerebrovascular disorders” [Mesh] or “brain injuries’ ’[Mesh] or “brain injury, chronic” [Mesh] |
| #2 | (“stroke$” or “cva” or “poststroke” or “post-stroke”) [tw] |
| #3 | (“cerebrovasc$” or “cerebral vascular”) [tw] |
| #4 | (“cerebral” or “cerebellar” or “brain$” or “vertebrobasilar”) [tw] |
| #5 | (“infarct$” or “isch?emi$” or “thrombo$” or “emboli$” or “apoplexy”) [tw] |
| #6 | #4 and #5 |
| #7 | (“cerebral” or “brain” or “subarachnoid”) [tw] |
| #8 | (“haemorrhage” or “hemorrhage” or “haematoma” or “hematoma” or “bleed$”) [tw] |
| #9 | #7 and #8 |
| #10 | “hemiplegia” [Mesh] or “paresis” [Mesh] |
| #11 | (“hempar$” or “hemipleg$” or “brain injur$”) [tw] |
| #12 | “Gait Disorders, Neurologic”[Mesh] |
| #13 | #1 or #2 or #3 or #6 or #9 or #10 or #11 or #12 |
| #14 | “cognition disorders” [Mesh] or “confusion” [Mesh] or “neurobehavior almanifestations” [Mesh] or “memory disorders” [Mesh] |
| #15 | (“agnosia” or “amnesia” or “confusion” or “inattention”)[tw] |
| #16 | “cognition” [Mesh] or “Arousal” [Mesh] or “Orientation”[Mesh] or “Attention”[Mesh] or “memory”[Mesh] or “perception”[Mesh] or “mental processes” [Mesh] or “thinking” [Mesh] or “Concept Formation”[Mesh] or “Algorithms” [Mesh] or “Recognition (Psychology)” [Mesh] or “Judgment” [Mesh] or “Awareness” [Mesh] or “Problem Solving” [Mesh] or “Generalization (Psychology)” [Mesh] or “Transfer (Psychology)” [Mesh] or “comprehension”[Mesh] or “Impulsive Behavior” [Mesh] or “Learning”[Mesh] |
| #17 | ((“cogniti$” or “arous$” or “orientat$” or “attention$” or “concentrat$” or “memor$” or “recall” or “percept$” or “think$” or “sequenc$” or “algorithm$” or “judg? ment$” or “awareness” or “problem solving” or “generali?ation” or “transfer” or “comprehension” or “learning”) adj10 (“disorder$” or “declin$” or “dysfunct$” or “impair$” or “deficit$” or “abilit$” or “problem$”)) [tw] |
| #18 | (“dysexecutive syndrome$” or “mental process$” or (“concept” adj5 “formation”) or “impulsive behavio? r$” or “executive function$”) [tw] |
| #19 | #14 or #15 or #16 or #17 or #18 |
| #20 | #13 and #19 |
| #21 | “acupuncture” [Mesh] |
| #22 | “acupuncture” or “electroacupuncture” or “electro-acupuncture” [tw] |
| #23 | #21 or #22 |
| #24 | randomized controlled trial [pt] |
| #25 | controlled clinical trial [pt] |
| #26 | randomized [tiab] |
| #27 | placebo [tiab] |
| #28 | clinical trials as topic [mesh: noexp] |
| #29 | randomly [tiab] |
| #30 | trial [ti] |
| #31 | #24 OR #25 OR #26 OR #27 OR #28 OR #29 OR #30 |
| #32 | human [mh] |
| #25 | #20 and #23 and #31 and #32 |