Title: Clinical Study on Electroacupuncture at Scalp Acupoints plus Kinesitherapy for Post-stroke Hemiplegia
Abstract: Objective To observe the effect of electroacupuncture at scalp acupoints plus kinesitherapy on the extremity function in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia. Methods A hundred acute cerebral stroke patients under stable vital and neurological signs were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 50 each. The treatment group was intervened by electroacupuncture at scalp acupoints plus simultaneous kinesitherapy, while the control group was by scalp acupuncture and simultaneous kinesitherapy. Four weeks later, the change of amplitude of the somatosensory evoked potential(SEP) was observed; the Fugl-Meyer Assessment, Barthel Index(BI), and neurologic deficit score were compared before and after intervention. Results The Fugl-Meyer and BI scores were changed significantly in both groups after 2 treatment courses(P0.01), and the inter-group differences were statistically significant(P0.01). The recovery and markedly-effective rate and total effective rate were respectively 78.0% and 94.0% in the treatment group, versus 58.0% and 90.0% in the control group, and the difference in the recovery and markedly-effective rate was statistically significant(P0.05). The SEP and the amplitude of N20 were changed significantly in the both groups after 2 treatment courses(P0.01), and the inter-group comparison showed significant differences(P0.01). Conclusion Electroacupuncture plus simultaneous kinesitherapy can improve the brain and extremity functions of patients with post-stroke hemiplegia.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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