Tuina for spasticity of poststroke: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Spasticity is a common complication of poststroke, tuina is a widely used rehabilitation treatment, although there is a lack of supportive evidence on efficacy and safety for patients with poststroke spasticity. The aim of this systematic review is to assess and synthesis evidence of efficacy and safety of tuina for spasticity of poststroke.

Methods and analysis

A comprehensive electronic search of EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Wiley, Springer, PEDro, Chinese Science Citation Database, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, Chinese Scientific and Journal Database (VIP), Wanfang Database (Wanfang), Japanese medical database (CiNii), Korean Robotics Institute Summer Scholars and Thailand Thai-Journal C

SUBMITTER: Zhang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733218 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature