Efficacy of acupuncture versus rehabilitation therapy on post-stroke shoulder pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Background: Acupuncture and rehabilitation therapy (RT) have been widely used for post-stroke shoulder pain (PSSP), but the efficacy of acupuncture versus RT remains unclear. Our aim was to assess the efficacy of acupuncture versus RT for PSSP.

Methods: Six databases including PubMed, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese biological medicine database, Chinese Scientific Journal Database, and WAN FANG were searched from their inception to March 2022.

A randomized controlled trial of a modified wheelchair arm-support to reduce shoulder pain in stroke patients.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of modified wheelchair arm-support to mitigate hemiplegic shoulder pain and reduce pain frequency in stroke patients.

Design: A single-blind randomized controlled trial using computer-generated simple randomization.

Setting: Participants recruited from inpatients at the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine.