Meta analysis of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training to treat limb cramps after stroke

Objective: Systematic evaluation of needling combined with rehabilitation training versus mere needling or rehabilitation training to treat limb spasms after stroke (RCT), clear the efficacy of needling and rehabilitation combination is better than the use of both alone. Method: Electronic retrieval Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Chongqing Wip. six databases, retroactively incorporated into the literature References collected from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2015 RCT on acupuncture in combination with rehabilitation training for post-stroke limb spasms; after literature screening, extraction and quality evaluation according to systematic evaluation methodology, Meta analysis using SAS 9.3 and RevMan 5.3 software. CT, with 2453 patients With the exception of the study of WU PING, the remaining literature was not of high quality. All studies were carried out descriptive analysis; 23 RCTs performed Meta analysis: ù Efficiency [OR=2.60,95% CI (2.04,3.33), P≈ 0.001]; ② Improved Ashworth Spasticity Grading [OR=2.47,95% CI (2.02,3.02), 3. Improved Ashworth score [WMD=-1.01,95% CI (-1.47, -0.54), P≈ 0.001]. Conclusion: acupuncture combined with rehabilitation treatment of limb spasms after stroke is better than mere acupuncture or rehabilitation treatment.