Report on a three-arm randomized trial comparing manual acupuncture, sham needling, and rehabilitation for post-ischemic stroke upper-limb motor recovery and neurophysiological biomarkers.
Key Takeaways
- Participants were assigned 1:1:1 to conventional rehabilitation alone
- All randomized participants were included in the full analysis set
- Manual acupuncture was applied at GV20, GV14, LI11, PC6, ST36, and SP6 with manipulation to elicit de qi