The Effects of Electroacupuncture as an Adjunct Therapy on Poststroke Aphasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Descriptive analysis of the characteristics.

First author; year	Simple		Age		Time post onset		Acupoints	Duration & frequency of trial period	Main outcomes
	I	C	I	C	I	C
Wang et al. [23]. 2021	40	40	52.25 ± 4.71	52.30 ± 4.76	27.32 ± 3.83d	29.21 ± 3.85	DU16 (风府), DU15 (哑门)	20 min each time, once daily, 4 w	Oral expression score, comprehension score, repetition score, naming score, and ER
Wang [24]. 2021	25	25	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	DU20 (百会), Ex-HN13(金津), HT5 (通里), RN23(廉泉)	30 min each time, once daily, 4 w	Oral expression score, comprehension score, repetition score, naming score, and ER
Nie et al. [25]. 2020	23	23	51.0 ± 2.31	52.0 ± 3.12	Unclear	Unclear	Scalppoints	15 min each time, once daily, 10 d	Oral expression score, reading score, comprehension score, and ER
Ma et al. [26]. 2020	20	20	52.15 ± 9.82	51.36 ± 10.11	60.87 ± 21.43d	59.18 ± 24.21d	Scalppoints	30 min each time, once daily, 3 w	Oral expression score, comprehension score, repetition score, and naming score
Lin et al. [27]. 2019	40	40	52.25 ± 4.71	52.30 ± 4.76	Unclear	Unclear	MS6 (顶颞前斜线), MS10 (颞前线), EX-HN1(四神聪), DU16 (风府), DU20 (百会), EX-HN3(印堂), PC6(内关), DU26(水沟)、HT5(通里)、SP6(三阴, RN23(廉泉)	30 min each time, once daily, 2 w	Oral expression score, comprehension score, repetition score, naming score, and ER
Zheng et al. [28]. 2018	60	60	53.58 ± 1.81	58.38 ± 1.31	69.23 ± 4.32d	79.15 ± 3.53d	RN23(廉泉), GB8 (率谷)	30 min each time, once daily, 4 w	Oral expression score, comprehension score, reading score, repetition score, and naming score
Sun [29]. 2018	50	50	53.7 ± 5.2	52.3 ± 4.9	42.1 ± 12.5d	41.3 ± 11.2d	EX-HN13(玉液), Ex-HN13(金津)	20 min each time, once daily, 4 w	ER
Yang et al. [30]. 2017	45	45	58.4 ± 10.38	60.6 ± 11.57	8.68 ± 3.24d	6.78 ± 3.25d	Scalppoints, DU16 (风府), DU15 (哑门), DU20 (百会)	20 min each time, 5 times weekly, 2 w	Oral expression score, comprehension score, repetition score, naming score, and ER
Li et al. [31]. 2017	30	30	57.10 ± 10.03	58.11 ± 9.96	21.33 ± 5.16 d	22.10 ± 4.89 d	MS6 (顶颞前斜线), MS10 (颞前线), EX-HN1(四神聪), DU20 (百会), RN23(廉泉)	30 min each time, twice daily, 14d	Oral expression score, comprehension score, repetition score, naming score, and ER
Jiang et al. [32]. 2017	10	10	63.7 ± 6.6	58.7 ± 10.4	90.1 ± 58.2d	69.6 ± 43. 5d	MS6 (顶颞前斜线), MS7(顶颞后斜线), DU20 (百会)	60 min each time, twice daily, 2w	Oral expression score and ER
Cui et al. [33]. 2016	33	33	56.1 ± 11.0	56.3 ± 10.7	42.2 ± 19.3d	42.1 ± 19.5d	EX-HN13 (玉液), Ex-HN13 (金津)	20 min each time, once daily, 4w	Repetition score, naming score, and ER
Sheng et al. [34]. 2015	20	20	55.05 ± 9.27	57.10 ± 8.30	24.20 ± 10.95d	23.00 ± 10.40d	Unclear	30 min each time, twice daily, 4w	Oral expression score
Jiang et al. [35]. 2015	30	30	57 ± 10	57 ± 9	42.3 ± 19.2d	40.3 ± 19.4d	Unclear	30 min each time, twice daily, 4w	Repetition score and ER
Zhang et al. [36]. 2014	42	30	62.4 ± 1.4	57.6 ± 1.6	78.0 ± 8.6d	85.0 ± 9.2d	EX-HN13 (玉液), Ex-HN13 (金津)	20 min each time, once daily, 1m	ER
Du [37]. 2012	30	30	42∼74	44∼74	7∼67d	9∼66d	RN23 (廉泉)	30 min each time, twice daily, 4w	Oral expression score and ER
Aili et al. [38]. 2012	35	34	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	Unclear	HT5 (通里), ST36 (足三里), KI6 (照海), PC6 (内关), LI4 (合谷), ST40 (丰隆),	30 min each time, once daily, 1m	ER
LI et al. [39]. 2007	30	30	54 ± 7.8	53 ± 5.6	7 ± 3.2d	7 ± 3.3d	RN23 (廉泉), EX-HN13 (玉液), Ex-HN13 (金津), EX-HN13 (翳明), GB20 (风池)	30 min each time, once daily, 20 d	ER
Zhang et al. [40]. 2005	45	45	56.7 ± 15.6	58.4 ± 13.3	24.4 ± 20.1d	23.4 ± 20.3d	RN23 (廉泉)	30 min each time, once daily, 3w	Oral expression score and ER
Liu et al. [41]. 2000	30	30	Unclear	Unclear	3w-6m	3w-6m	GB8 (率谷), GB13 (本神), DU20 (百会), GB20 (风池)	30 min each time, once daily, 30 d	Oral expression score and ER