Acupuncture Alters Brain’s Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity in Stroke Patients with Motor Dysfunction: A Randomised Controlled Neuroimaging Trial

Table 2

Clinical assessment before and after treatment in the two groups.

Clinical scales	The TATG group			The SATG group
	Before treatment	After treatment	value	Before treatment	After treatment	value
FMA-UE			<0.0001			0.058
FMA-LE			<0.0001			0.013
FMA			<0.0001			0.016
NIHSS			<0.0001			0.002

Values were expressed as . TATG: true acupuncture treatment group; SATG: sham acupuncture treatment group. FMA: Fugl-Meyer. FMA-UE: FMA for the upper extremity. FMA-LE: FMA for the lower extremity. NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale. The value represents the difference before and after treatment in the TATG group or the SATG group. represents .