ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of Yaoyi-Shenhuojiu combined with synthetic rehabilitation therapy on shoulder-hand syndrome after stroke (SHSAS). Methods 100 SHSAS patients were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 50 patients in each group. Patients in the observation group were treated with Yaoyi-Shenhuojiu on the basis of comprehensive rehabilitation training of the control group. After treated for 2 consecutive weeks, the pain, motor function, activities of daily living in patients of both groups were compared and improvement of the constitution according to VAS, FMA, MBI was also compared. Results After treatment, the decrease of VAS score in the observation group (3.43 ± 1.76 vs. 5.21 ± 2.15, t=4.530) and the increase of FMA score (55.66 ± 4.33 vs. 40.45 ± 3.75, t=18.776) was significantly better than the control group (P<0.01); Physiological function in SF-36 health survey questionnaire (95.78 ± 7.68 vs. 87.88 ± 7.21, Z=5.042), physiological functions of (50.78 ± 21.44 vs. 36.89 ± 18.42, Z=7.241), body pain (83.22 ± 13.45 vs. 75.52 ± 13.23, Z=4.055), overall health (50.25 ± 18.45 vs. 39.01 ± 18.63, Z=8.043), vigor (79.28 ± 11.92 vs. 70.22 ± 10.69, Z=3.216), social function (85.78 ± 20.12 vs. 74.71 ± 19.22, Z=4.128), emotional function (36.66 ± 23.79 vs. 28.11 ± 18.21, Z=6.052) and mental health (81.17 ± 9.72 vs. 74.61 ± 11.25, Z=5.367) eight dimensions of higher score in the observation group were also significantly better than the control group (P<0.05). The total effective rate (94.0% vs. 76.0%) in the observation group was significantly better than the control group (χ2=5.020, P=5.020). Conclusion Yaoyi-Shenhuojiu combined with comprehensive rehabilitation therapy can effectively improve limb movement function in patients with SHSAS, besides its improving the life self-care ability and life quality.