Tongue Acupuncture for the Treatment of Poststroke Aphasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the included literature.

Study	Patients number		Interventions		Treatment (days)	Results criteria
	Therapy group	Control group	Therapy group	Control group
Xu et al. [11]	40	40	Tongue acupuncture + head acupuncture	Head acupuncture	60	⑤
Li et al. [12]	30	30	Jinjin, Yuye	Body acupuncture	20	⑥
Wang et al. [13]	35	35	Tongue acupuncture + head acupuncture + language training	Head acupuncture + language training	24	①②⑥
Xu et al. [14]	25	25	Tongue acupuncture + language training	Language training	40	②⑥
Li et al. [15]	30	30	Tongue acupuncture	Body acupuncture	20	①②③
Xu et al. [16]	25	25	Tongue acupuncture + language training	Language training	20	⑦
Zhong et al. [17]	60	60	Tongue acupuncture + head acupuncture + language training	Language training	30	②⑤
Wang er al. [18]	35	32	Tongue acupuncture + Schuell	Schuell stimulation	18	③
Wu et al. [19]	21	22	Tongue acupuncture + head acupuncture + language training	Language training	15	③④⑥
Gao et al. [20]	40	40	Tongue acupuncture + body acupuncture	Body acupuncture	15	④⑥
Pan et al. [21]	32	32	Tongue acupuncture + Jie Yu Dan	Jie Yu Dan	10	⑤
He et al. [22]	28	28	Tongue acupuncture + head acupuncture + Jie Yu Dan	Head acupuncture + Jie Yu Dan	24	②
Song et al. [23]	31	30	Tongue acupuncture + Schuell	Schuell stimulation	15	①③⑥
Li et al. [24]	28	28	Tongue acupuncture + language training	Language training	10	②⑥
Wang et al. [25]	30	30	Tongue acupuncture + language training	Language training	20	⑥
He et al. [26]	30	30	Tongue acupuncture + Schuell	Schuell stimulation	20	⑦
Li et al. [27]	30	30	Tongue acupuncture	Body acupuncture	10	③⑥
Jiang et al. [28]	40	36	Tongue acupuncture	Body acupuncture	20	②
Liao et al. [29]	52	48	Jinjin, Yuye	Body acupuncture	20	⑦
Mi et al. [30]	46	38	Tongue acupuncture + body acupuncture	Body acupuncture	30	②⑥

①, CFCP; ②, ABC; ③, BDAE; ④, NIHSS; ⑤, CADL; ⑥, clinical efficacy.