Efficacy and safety of manual acupuncture for the treatment of upper limb motor dysfunction after stroke: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Di Cao; Xiaolin Zhang; Mingjun Liu; Qiguang Yang; Shuhong Gu; Tianjiao Gao; Lin Cong; Dehui Ma; Hongju Lin; Shaotao Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0258921

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Efficacy and safety of manual acupuncture for the treatment of upper limb motor dysfunction after stroke: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Di Cao ,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ DC and XLZ contributed equally to this work as co-first authors

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine (Changchun Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Changchun, China
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Xiaolin Zhang ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

¶‡ DC and XLZ contributed equally to this work as co-first authors

Affiliation Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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Mingjun Liu,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China, Acupuncture and Massage Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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Qiguang Yang,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine (Changchun Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Changchun, China
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Shuhong Gu,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine (Changchun Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Changchun, China
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Tianjiao Gao,

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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Lin Cong,

Roles Data curation, Software

Affiliation Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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Dehui Ma,

Roles Software

Affiliation Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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Hongju Lin,

Roles Software

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine (Changchun Hospital of Chinese Medicine), Changchun, China
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Shaotao Chen

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

* E-mail: ShaochenChen3600@163.com

Affiliations Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China, Acupuncture and Massage Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-5627

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Efficacy and safety of manual acupuncture for the treatment of upper limb motor dysfunction after stroke: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Di Cao,
Xiaolin Zhang,
Mingjun Liu,
Qiguang Yang,
Shuhong Gu,
Tianjiao Gao,
Lin Cong,
Dehui Ma,
Hongju Lin,
Shaotao Chen

Published: November 12, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258921

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