Clinical effects and safety of electroacupuncture for the treatment of post-stroke depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

CONCLUSION: There was no significant difference between EA and antidepressants in the severity of depression, however EA caused fewer adverse events than antidepressants. Additional larger scale RCTs with rigorous study design are required. PMID: 29776950 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29776950?dopt=Abstract

Source: Acupuncture in Medicine - May 18, 2018 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Li XB, Wang J, Xu AD, Huang JM, Meng LQ, Huang RY, Xu J Tags: Acupunct Med Source Type: research