SynthesisFrontiers in neurology2024
Neural effects of acupuncture on stroke patients with motor dysfunction: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of acupuncture on brain tissue metabolism and neurological function in patients with ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Electroacupuncture improves upper-limb motor function and modulates sensorimotor network connectivity in subacute stroke: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in neurologyTrial
- Changes in Functional Brain Activity in School-Age Children 10 Years Later: A Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Psychiatry investigation · 2026Article
- Neural Effects of Low-Frequency Acupoint Electrical Stimulation Therapy on Patients With Poststroke Motor Dysfunction: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture-Induced Phrenic Nerve Stimulation for Poststroke Pneumonia: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis.BioMed research international · 2026Article
- Magnetoencephalography study of the Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture during acupuncture and language task states in healthy volunteers: a single-blind, randomized, sham-controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Potential impacts of acupuncture on motor function recovery after ischemic stroke: insights from basic and clinical studies.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025Review
- Acupuncture for Post-Stroke Lower Limb Dysfunction: Clinical Efficacy and Neurophysiological Mechanisms.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
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Abstract
Background: Functional magnetic resonance imaging has been used in many studies to explore the neural mechanism of acupuncture in patients with post-stroke motor dysfunction. Inconsistent results have been found in these studies, however. This activation likelihood estimation (ALE) meta-analysis was designed to quantitatively integrate changes in brain activity and the neurological effects of acupuncture on patients with motor dysfunction after stroke. Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, China Science and Technology Journal Database, the China Biology Medicine, the China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform for literature from the establishment of the database until March 21, 2024. Research papers were selected, data extracted, and quality assessment was done independently by two researchers. The GingerALE software was used for meta-analysis, and Jackknife sensitivity analysis was employed to assess result robustness. Results: We ended up analyzing 14 studies that included 235 patients and 100 healthy people. ALE meta-analysis showed that Compared with healthy people, the enhanced brain region in poststroke patients with motor dysfunction was located in the left posterior lobe of the cerebellum, the left inferior frontal gyrus, and the left precuneus ( Conclusion: Acupuncture can reestablish motor function by causing extensive changes in the brain function of patients with stroke, which may be the neurological effect of acupuncture therapy on stroke patients. Systematic review registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/, identifier CRD42024526263.
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