Table 1. Basic characteristics, intervention measures, outcome indicators, and quality scores of the included articles.
| Author | Year | Mean age (years) | Gender ratio | Major comorbidities | Population (E/C) |
Intervention methods | Outcome indicators | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Experimental group | Control group | |||||||
| Gao et al. (8) | 2019 | 3.6±1.5 | 27/25 | N/A | 23/29 | SA | CRT | ④⑤ |
| Li et al. (9) | 2011 | 0.5–3 | 46/22 | Intellectual disability | 34/34 | SA | CRT | ①② |
| Xing et al. (10) | 2012 | 1–10 | 38/22 | Intellectual disability | 30/30 | SA | CRT | ① |
| Li et al. (11) | 2010 | 0.5–2 | 38/34 | Intellectual disability | 36/36 | SA | CRT | ① |
| Qi et al. (12) | 2015 | 0.5–7 | 40/20 | Intellectual disability | 34/34 | SA | CRT | ①② |
| Tao et al. (13) | 2012 | 1–10 | 38/22 | N/A | 30/30 | SA | CRT | ① |
| Li et al. (14) | 2019 | 2.2±0.5 | 34/26 | N/A | 30/30 | SA + AJ | CRT | ①②③⑥ |
| Xian et al. (15) | 2019 | 0.5–5 | 68/52 | Intellectual disability | 60/60 | SA + latch needle | CRT | ①④ |
| Li et al. (16) | 2019 | 3.5±1.2 | 29/31 | Strabismus | 30/30 | SA + massage | Massage + CRT | ① |
| Li et al. (17) | 2014 | 4.4±2.7 | 29/21 | Speech dysfunction | 25/25 | SA + moxibustions | CRT | ①③ |
| Jin et al. (18) | 2014 | 1–6 | 67/46 | Speech dysfunction | 60/53 | SA + LT | CRT | ① |
Outcomes: ① effective rate; ② MDI score; ③ PDI score; ④ GMFM-88 score; ⑤ ADL score; ⑥ advert events. E, Experimental group; C, Control group; N/A, not available; SA, scalp acupuncture; AJ, acupoint injection; LT, language training; CRT, conventional rehabilitation training; MDI, Mental Development Index; PDI, Psychological Development Index; GMFM, Gross Motor Function Measure; ADL, activities of daily living.