ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2017
Systematic Review on Acupuncture for Treatment of Dysphagia after Stroke.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence-based evaluation for stroke guidelines mentioning traditional and complementary medicine rehabilitation.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2025Pooled it
- The efficacy of acupuncture for post-stroke dysphagia: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
- Acupuncture combined with balloon dilation for post-stroke cricopharyngeal achalasia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Participation of the nucleus tractus solitarius in the therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture on post-stroke dysphagia through the primary motor cortex.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2024Article
- Electroacupuncture improves swallowing function in a post-stroke dysphagia mouse model by activating the motor cortex inputs to the nucleus tractus solitarii through the parabrachial nuclei.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Electroacupuncture as an effective therapy for Tapia's syndrome after transoral intubation for general anesthesia: a case report and review of the literature.Journal of medical case reports · 2022Review
- A Time-Dependent Analysis of Association between Acupuncture Utilization and the Prognosis of Ischemic Stroke.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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- Effect of Different Frequencies of Electroacupuncture on Post-Stroke Dysphagia in Mice.Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN · 2020Article
- Treatment of dysphagia after stroke with acupuncture and related therapies: A protocol for systematic review and network meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
- Comparative efficacy of nonpharmaceutical therapy in the treatment of dysphagia after stroke: A protocol for systematic review.Medicine · 2020Article
- Effect of Acupuncture Intervention and Manipulation Types on Poststroke Dysarthria: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Review
- An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta- analyses on Acupuncture for Post-acute Stroke Dysphagia.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
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- Effect of He'sEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2018Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture for dysphagia after stroke.
methodsSeven electronic databases were searched from their inception until 31 September 2016. All randomized controlled trials (RCTs) incorporating acupuncture or acupuncture combined with other interventions for treatment of dysphagia after stroke were enrolled. Then they were extracted and assessed by two independent evaluators. Direct comparisons were conducted in RevMan 5.3.0 software.
results6010 patients of 71 papers were included. The pooled analysis of efficacy rate of 58 studies indicated that acupuncture group was superior to the control group with moderate heterogeneity (RR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.13 1.21,
conclusionThe result showed that the acupuncture group was better than control group in terms of efficacy rate of dysphagia after stroke. And the combining result of those researches using blind method was more strong in proof. Strict evaluation standard and high-quality RCT design are necessary for further exploration.
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