Electroacupuncture Combined with Cognitive Rehabilitation Outperforms Cognitive Rehabilitation Alone in Treating Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

Journal Front Neurol

Specialty Neurology

Date 2025 Feb 13

PMID 39944540

Authors

Yisha Guo

Tingting Sun

Fengxi Qiu

Xueyi Li

Weiwei Cui

Zhenhua Liao

Jiajia Yao

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Abstract

Clinical Trial Registration: https://clinicaltrials.gov/, ChiCTR2200066160.

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