Acupuncture for cerebral palsy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture therapy for children with cerebral palsy.

Data sources

We conducted electronic searches of PUBMED (1950/2017), EMBASE (1974/2017), ScienceDirect (1986/2017), Academic Source Premier (1887/2017), the Cochrane Library (Issue 4, April 2017), Science Citation Index Expanded (1900/2017), China National Knowledge Infrastructure (1915/2017), China Biological Medicine (1990/2017-04), WanFang (1980/2017), VIP (1989/2017), and Chinese Science Citation Database (1989/2017).

Data selection

We included randomized controlled trials that aimed to compare the effect of acupuncture plus rehabilitation training versus rehabilitation training alone. Data about functional motor abilities, daily activity/social participation, ef

SUBMITTER: Li LX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6022466 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature