Table 10.
The results of network meta-analysis of improvement of ADL.
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| 4.78 (−2.25, 11.71) | SA + CM | |||||||
| 3.69 (−3.37, 10.55) | −1.15 (−4.78, 2.55) | MA + CM | ||||||
| 6.27 (−1.48, 14.18) | 1.52 (−3.62, 6.90) | 2.66 (−2.45, 7.88) | FA + CM | |||||
| 5.98 (−0.65, 12.69) | 1.18 (−1.94, 4.51) | 2.31 (−0.74, 5.49) | −0.31 (−5.18, 4.55) | MA | ||||
| 8.42 (−0.25, 16.83) | 3.61 (−2.60, 9.91) | 4.71 (−1.36, 10.76) | 2.06 (−5.18, 9.25) | 2.41 (−3.71, 8.34) | EA | |||
| 7.94 (0.86, 15.02)∗ | 3.17 (−0.33, 6.73) | 4.30 (0.39, 8.09)∗ | 1.61 (−3.98, 6.94) | 1.96 (−1.50, 5.28) | −0.49 (−6.86, 5.87) | SA | ||
| 3.93 (−3.43, 11.41) | −0.84 (−5.37, 3.62) | 0.31 (−4.14, 4.72) | −2.34 (−8.18, 3.43) | −2.02 (−5.24, 1.14) | −4.43 (−11.05, 2.24) | −3.99 (−8.51, 0.62) | WA | |
| 7.94 (1.53, 14.49)∗ | 3.14 (0.54, 5.90)∗ | 4.26 (1.81, 6.83)∗ | 1.62 (−2.99, 6.12) | 1.94 (0.07, 3.76)∗ | −0.46 (−6.13, 5.27) | −0.01 (−2.81, 2.91) | 3.97 (0.41, 7.63)∗ | CM |
Notes. ∗Significant difference, MA: manual acupuncture, EA: electronic acupuncture, WA: warm acupuncture, FA: fire acupuncture, SA: scalp acupuncture, and CM: conventional medicine.