Background Acupuncture involving the limb region may be effective for stroke rehabilitation
clinically, but the visualised and explanatory evidence is limited. Our objectives were to …

Introduction Acupuncture is safe and effective for improving the motor function of poststroke
hemiplegic patients, but there still exists a certain gap between clinical practice and …

Objective Acupuncture is beneficial in treating stroke neuropsychiatric symptoms. The
present study aimed to identify functional brain response to active acupuncture in patients …

Research has started using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to elucidate the action of
acupuncture on neuroplasticity following ischemic stroke (IS). Acupuncture is thought to be a …

Objective To study the influence of acupuncture at Waiguan (TE5) on the functional
connectivity of the central nervous system of patients with ischemic stroke. Methods Twenty …

Objectives. Neuroimaging studies have confirmed that acupuncture can promote static
functional reorganization in poststroke patients with motor dysfunction. But its effect on …

Recent neuroimaging studies have demonstrated that stimulation of acupuncture at motor‐
implicated acupoints modulates activities of brain areas relevant to the processing of motor …

Background Acupuncture, as an alternative and complementary therapy recommended by
the World Health Organization for stroke treatment, holds potential in ameliorating …

Background: Acupuncture may improve motor function in patients with chronic hemiparetic
stroke, yet the neural mechanisms underlying such an effect are unknown. As part of a sham …

Background Functional magnetic resonance imaging has been used in many studies to
explore the neural mechanism of acupuncture in patients with post-stroke motor dysfunction …