Review Article

Comparison of Different Physical Therapies Combined with Acupuncture for Poststroke Cognitive Impairment: a Network Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the included trials.

AuthorYearNumber of patientsAge (year)Male/femaleTreatmentIntervention period (wk)Outcome indicator
ICC2ICC2ICC2

Jiang [13]201652495257.88 ± 9.4556.18 ± 11.8657.75 ± 13.7472/81Acupuncture + RehaComConventional treatmentAcupuncture12①, ②
Deng [14]2015212162.24 ± 10.2525/17Acupuncture + TMSConventional treatment4①, ②, ③
Gao [15]2019303064.33 ± 9.0758.43 ± 14.0236/24Acupuncture + TMSAcupuncture3.7①, ④
Liang [16]2010595561.2 ± 10.159.2 ± 11.268/46Acupuncture + HBOConventional treatment3.6③, ④
Liu [17]2019424167.6 ± 6.4868.3 ± 6.7545/38Acupuncture + UWEAcupuncture4①、③
Ma [18]201830303060.97 ± 7.1562.32 ± 8.8460.12 ± 6.5653/37Acupuncture + HBOAcupunctureHBO4.3
Wang [19]2016434344.55 ± 30.2344.45 ± 30.9159/27Acupuncture + HBOHBO2.9
Xie [20]2018454563.76 ± 6.8464.23 ± 6.5750/40Acupuncture + UWEAcupuncture4①, ③, ④
Yang [21]202029292858.41 ± 8.9956.55 ± 8.5360.11 ± 10.0562/24Acupuncture + HBOAcupunctureHBO4②, ③
Yu [22]2018303063.84 ± 1.5534/26Acupuncture + TMSConventional treatment2.9②, ③
Zhang [23]2012605559.2 ± 8.660.2 ± 9.269/46Acupuncture + HBOConventional treatment2.9②, ③
Zhang [24]2013343464.70 ± 8.263.10 ± 7.644/24Acupuncture + HBOConventional treatment2.1
Zhang [25]2016434367.3 ± 5.868.2 ± 5.552/34Acupuncture + HBOHBO3①, ④
Jiang [26]201528282755.13 ± 7.058.20 ± 6.8256.73 ± 7.64842/39Acupuncture + RehaComConventional treatmentAcupuncture12
Bie [27]2011363661.4 ± 9.862.1 ± 10.238/34Acupuncture + TMSAcupuncture4①, ④

① MMSE; ② MoCA; ③ BI; ④ the total effective rate of clinical treatment; I: Intervention; C: Control