Title {1}	The efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with language training for Motor Aphasia after stroke: study protocol for a multicenter randomized sham-controlled trial
Trial registration {2a and 2b}.	Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR1900026740 Registry Name: A randomized controlled trial for “Xing-Nao Kai-Qiao” Rehabilitation Program in the Treatment of Motor Aphasia after Stroke Item 2b: An additional movie file shows this in more detail [see Table 1]
Protocol version {3}	Date: 20 October 2019 Version identifier: V1.1
Funding {4}	This study was funded by the National Key Research and Development Program of China [No. 2018YFC1706001].
Author details {5a}	Shizhe Deng [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Bomo Sang [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Boxuan Li [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Hai Lu [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China] Lili Zhang [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Guang Tian [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Ting Hao [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China]Yufeng Zhang [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China] Lei Shi [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Kaihang Sun [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China] Te Ba [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China] Feng Li [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China] Ying Kong [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China] Mengni Qin [Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China] Janli Zhang [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Xiaofeng Zhao [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China] Zhihong Meng [First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China; National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin, China]
Name and contact information for the trial sponsor {5b}	Special funds from the central government of China
Role of sponsor {5c}	The sponsor provides funding to support the design of the study, execution, analysis, interpretation of the data, and decision to submit the results.