Aphasia

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Chinese Medicine Research Hub

Systematic Review

Meta-analysis has strong implications of the effectiveness of tongue acupuncture, especially when combined with conventional therapies, in treating poststroke aphasia. This holistic approach demonstrates significant improvements in patient outcomes.

2022 Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Tongue Acupuncture for the Treatment of Poststroke Aphasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Yang S, Li L, Jiang R, Ding H, Xu F, Ge L, Kuang P, Wang Z

Chinese Medicine Research Hub

Systematic Review

Acupuncture (either alone or combined with speech and language therapy) may be effective for poststroke aphasia.

2021 Complementary Medicine Research Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Poststroke Aphasia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Zhang Y, Wang Z, Jiang X, Lv Z, Wang L, Lu L

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A Systematic Review published in 2022 in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine found that Meta-analysis has strong implications of the effectiveness of tongue acupuncture, especially when combined with conventional therapies, in treating poststroke aphasia. This holistic approach demonstrates significant improvements in patient outcomes. Meta-analysis showed significant heterogeneity in ABC scores, with tongue acupuncture combined with conventional therapies proving more effective. Clinical efficacy also favored tongue acupuncture combined with conventional therapies. CFCP scores showed significant improvement with tongue acupuncture, especially when combined with conventional therapies.

A Systematic Review published in 2021 in the journal Complementary Medicine Research found that Acupuncture (either alone or combined with speech and language therapy) may be effective for poststroke aphasia. Fourteen trials involving 936 participants had poor reporting and methodological quality. Our meta-analysis showed that compared to the speech and language therapy (SLT) group, acupuncture combined with SLT could improve the rate of Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE), scores of Aphasia Battery of Chinese (ABC) which includes repeating ability, reading ability, writing ability, naming ability, and listening comprehension ability. All RCTs were considered at high risk of biased assessment. In the future, rigorous clinical trials with an accurate method design and high reporting quality are required to validate our results.

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