To systematically review the medical literature and comprehensively summarize clinical research done on rehabilitation with a novel portable and noninvasive electrical stimulation device called the cranial nerve noninvasive neuromodulator in patients suffering from nervous system disorders.PubMed, MEDLINE, and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews from 1966 to March 2013.Studies were included if they recruited adult patients with peripheral and central nervous system disorders, were treated with the cranial nerve noninvasive neuromodulator device, and were assessed with objective measures of function.After title and abstract screening of potential articles, full texts were independently reviewed to identify articles that met inclusion criteria.The search identified 12 publications: 5 were critically reviewed, and of these 5, 2 were combined in a meta-analysis. There were no randomized controlled studies identified, and the meta-analysis was based on pre-post studies. Most of the patients were individuals with a chronic balance dysfunction. The pooled results demonstrated significant improvements in the dynamic gait index postintervention with a mean difference of 3.45 (95

作者：Linda, Papa；Alexander, LaMee；Ciara N, Tan；Crystal, Hill-Pryor

来源：Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 2014 年 95卷 12期