Effect of acupuncture on cerebrovascular reserve in patients with acute cerebral infarction: protocol for a randomized controlled pilot study

Table 1 Time table

	Baseline (before treatment)	Treatment			Follow-up and data collection
	Baseline (before treatment)	Week 0	Week 1	Week 2	Data collection and analysis
Patients entered
Medical history	√
GCS	√
CVR	√
Sign the informed consent	√
Randomization	√
Intervention		√	√	√
Outcomes
Primary outcomes
CVR		√		√
BHI		√		√
Secondary outcome
NIHSS		√	√	√
Barthel Index		√	√	√
Adverse events	√	√	√	√	√
Data collection					√

GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, CVR cerebrovascular reserve, BHI Breath-holding Index, NIHSS National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale

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