Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies.
| Study ID | Participant | Age | Gender (M/F) | Interventions | Course | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | T1 | C | T | T2 | C | ||||
| Qin (26) | 33 | 32 | T: 60.52 ± 5.89 | T: 23/10 | BA + ST | ST | 6w | ||
| C: 58.44 ± 6.81 | C: 28/ 4 | ||||||||
| Fan (28) | 34 | 34 | T: 57.85 ± 8.85 | T: 18/16 | TA + ST | ST | 2w | ||
| C: 57.21 ± 9.08 | C: 20/14 | ||||||||
| Yu (27) | 30 | 30 | T: 62.80 ± 9.92 | T: 17/13 | SBA + ST | ST | 8w | ||
| C: 65.40 ± 9.45 | C: 19/11 | ||||||||
| Wang et al. (31) | 35 | 35 | T: 65.4 ± 4.6 | T: 19/16 | STA + ST | SA +ST | 4w | ||
| C: 64.5 ± 4.8 | C: 20/15 | ||||||||
| Ren et al. (33) | 35 | 35 | T: 53.0 ± 4.0 | T: 19/16 | TA + ST | ST | 4w | ||
| C: 55.0 ± 6.0 | C: 15/20 | ||||||||
| Li et al. (32) | 51 | 51 | T: 62.08 ± 7.11 | T: 28/23 | TA + ST | BA +ST | 12w | ||
| C: 63.42 ± 6.77 | C: 24/27 | ||||||||
| Xu (30) | 25 | 25 | T: 64.44 ± 9.7 | T: 14/11 | TA + ST | ST | 8w | ||
| C: 64.72 ± 7.87 | C: 15/10 | ||||||||
| Zhang (29) | 25 | 24 | T: 63.40 ± 8.28 | T: 15/10 | BA + ST | ST | 4w | ||
| C: 59.33 ± 8.13 | C: 20/ 4 | ||||||||
| Zhang and Sun (34) | 38 | 38 | T: 57.32 ± 7.43 | T: 21/17 | SA + ST | ST | 8w | ||
| C: 59.16 ± 7.9 | C: 23/15 | ||||||||
| Yin (35) | 40 | 40 | T: 59.70 ± 12.4 | T: 27/13 | SBA + ST | ST | 4w | ||
| C: 59.48 ± 10.9 | C: 29/11 | ||||||||
| Yang et al. (36) | 30 | 30 | T: 65 ± 9.66 | T: 18/12 | STA + ST | SBA + ST | 3w | ||
| C: 61.97 ± 13.2 | C: 21/ 9 | ||||||||
| Quan (37) | 30 | 30 | T: 56.77 ± 10.1 | T: 18/12 | SBA + ST | SA + ST | 4w | ||
| C: 57.73 ± 9.82 | C: 17/13 | ||||||||
| Jin et al. (37) | 40 | 39 | T: 53.98 ± 9.46 | T: 23/17 | SA + ST | BA + ST | 4w | ||
| C: 54.60 ± 7.65 | C: 21/18 | ||||||||
| Teng and Hong (39) | 46 | 45 | T: 56.30 ± 17.4 | T: 24/22 | SA + ST | ST | 30d | ||
| C: 57.60 ± 16.5 | C: 25/20 | ||||||||
| Xiong et al. (40) | 32 | 32 | T: 63.58 ± 7.44 | T: 20/12 | BA + ST | ST | 5w | ||
| C: 64.08 ± 7.67 | C: 18/14 | ||||||||
| Wang (41) | 30 | 30 | T: 58.24 ± 8.27 | T: 18/12 | SA + ST | ST | 4w | ||
| C: 59.10 ± 8.88 | C: 16/14 | ||||||||
| He et al. (42) | 40 | 40 | T: 53.86 ± 7.12 | T: 26/14 | STA + ST | ST | 8w | ||
| C: 54.18 ± 6.25 | C: 25/15 | ||||||||
| Hu (43) | 30 | 30 | T: 65.33 ± 9.33 | T: 17/13 | TA + ST | ST | 30d | ||
| C: 66.10 ± 6.70 | C: 20/10 | ||||||||
| Zhang (44) | 30 | 30 | T: - | T: 20/10 | SA + ST | ST | 3w | ||
| C: - | C: 22/ 8 | ||||||||
| Hou et al. (45) | 30 | 30 | 30 | T: 57.07 ± 10.9 | T:16/14 | SA + ST | SB +ST | ST | 14d |
| T2: 57.10 ± 11 | T2:13/17 | ||||||||
| C: 56.70 ± 10.5 | C:15/15 | ||||||||
| Li and Yue (46) | 36 | 31 | T: 65.16 ± 8.09 | T: 21/15 | TA + ST | ST | 15d | ||
| C: 62.45 ± 7.92 | C: 19/12 | ||||||||
| Gu (47) | 43 | 41 | T: 62.80 ± 7.12 | T: 23/15 | TA + ST | ST | 30d | ||
| C: 63.69 ± 6.79 | C: 22/14 | ||||||||
| Huang and Huang (48) | 42 | 42 | T/C : 62 ± 5.0 | T: 22/20 | BA + ST | ST | 2w | ||
| C: 21/21 | |||||||||
| Chen (50) | 30 | 30 | T: 61.38 ± 4.23 | T: 17/13 | STA + ST | ST | 60d | ||
| C: 61.25 ± 4.14 | C: 16/14 | ||||||||
| Huang (49) | 58 | 57 | T: 65.85 ± 3.02 | T: 31/27 | SBA + ST | ST | 28d | ||
| C: 64.86 ± 5.39 | C: 29/28 | ||||||||
| Liang (52) | 39 | 39 | T: 65.13 ± 11.32 | T: 28/11 | STA + ST | BA + ST | 2w | ||
| C: 66.44 ± 10.41 | C: 29/10 | ||||||||
| Shen and Shao (54) | 20 | 20 | T: 50.40 ± 11.87 | T: 12/8 | STA + ST | ST | 8w | ||
| C: 54.70 ± 8.63 | C: 9/11 | ||||||||
| Piao (53) | 30 | 30 | T: 58.20 ± 7.31 | T: 15/15 | SBA + ST | ST | 30d | ||
| C: 58.43 ± 6.85 | C: 13/17 | ||||||||
| Huang (49) | 48 | 48 | T: 60.96 ± 9.46 | T: 24/24 | SA + ST | ST | 30d | ||
| C: / | C: 26/22 | ||||||||
BA, body acupuncture; SA, scalp acupuncture; TA, tongue acupuncture; SBA, scalp-body acupuncture; STA, scalp-tongue acupuncture; ST, speech training; C, control group; T, treatment group; m, month; d, day; w, week; CER, clinical effective rate.