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Abstract: Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rehabilitation effects of four commonly interventions (BA: Body Acupuncture, SA: Scalp Acupuncture, TA: Tongue Acu-puncture, SLT: Speech and Language Training) used singly or in combination with language function in patients with post-stroke aphasia (PSA). Design: We systematically searched PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Ovid, Web of Science, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang from inception to 04 April 2022. Only randomized controlled trials met the eligibility criteria were included. The risk of bias of studies included was assessed using the RoB-2 tool. The effects of different interventions for PSA patients were analyzed and ranked according to the surface under the cumulative ranking (SUCRA) analysis. Results: 69 RCTs were included, including totally 5097 participants. According to the results of the SUCRA curves, TA ranked highest in improving overall efficacy (SUCRA=86%) and the oral expression score (SUCRA=86%). BA+TA ranked highest in increasing the compre-hension score (SUCRA=74.9%). BA+SA ranked highest in improving aphasia patients' repetition (SUCRA=89.2%) and denomination scores (SUCRA=93%). Conclusions: Results of our network meta-analysis and SUCRA ranking showed that tongue acupuncture, body acupuncture + tongue acupuncture, and body acupuncture + scalp acupuncture seem to offer better advantages than other interventions for improving the language function in PSA patients. Moreover, it is noteworthy that our results are limited to the Chinese population, since all eligible studies are from China. Future well-designed studies with larger sample size and more ethnicities groups are required to further verify these findings. Systematic Review Registration: This research was registered in INPLASY platform (INPLASY202290024).
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