October 2015

The role of electroacupuncture in stroke treatment: A systematic review of the literature

Stroke is a major cause of serious neurological disability, and the second leading cause of death worldwide with more than 6 million deaths each year. Although pharmaceutical treatment of stroke has advanced over the last decades, clinical treatment or prevention of motor impairment (which is the most frequent complication) is still inadequate. Therefore, it is imperative to develop new techniques and strategies aimed...

Author(s): Panagiotis Zogopoulos, Georgios Vretakos and Dimitrios Rologis