The neural plasticity and efficacy of acupuncture for post-stroke dysphagia: protocol for a randomized controlled trial with fMRI and DTI

• Main Authors: Wei Liu (Author), Wenyi Ge (Author), Qi Zhao (Author), Xiaonong Fan (Author), Yibing Li (Author), Hongbo Jia (Author), Kangchen Lei (Author), Songjiao Li (Author), Li Li (Author), Yuzheng Du (Author), Jian Liu (Author), Yan Shen (Author), Sha Yang (Author), Shu Wang (Author), Xize Jia (Author), Lei Ren (Author), Jihua Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Dysphagia, a common complication of acute stroke, is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Acupuncture, a widely used swallowing therapy in China, has been suggested as an effective therapy for treating Post-Stroke Dysphagia (PSD) by recent meta-analyses and guidelin...