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OBJECTIVE@#To develop the clinical prediction model of therapeutic effect in treatment with acupuncture and moxibustion for the patients with stroke at recovery stage under different conditions so as to provide a tool for predicting the therapeutic effect of acupuncture and moxibustion.@*METHODS@#A total of 1410 patients with stroke at recovery stage were collected from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University from 2012 to 2019. The relevant data were extracted, i.e. sex, age, time of onset, neurological functional deficit score (NFDS) and acupuncture and moxibustion therapy. The difference of NFDS before and after treatment was adopted to evaluate the therapeutic effect in the patients. Using SPSS26.0 software and CART decision tree analysis, the clinical prediction model was developed.@*RESULTS@#The key variables in the prediction model of therapeutic effect in the patients with stroke at recovery stage under different conditions included age, time of onset, hypertension, cardiac disease, diabetes, TCM diagnosis, hemoglobin (HB), serum homocysteine (HCY) and acupuncture and moxibustion therapy. There were 12 main rules generated by the decision tree model, including 8 rules for predicting the improvements of therapeutic effect and 4 rules for predicting the absence of improvements (i.e. no change and deterioration). The accuracy rates of the model training set and test set were 80.0% and 72.8% respectively, the area under curve (AUC) of ROC was 0.797 and the model identification and classification results were satisfactory.@*CONCLUSION@#The clinical prediction model developed by CART decision tree analysis is high in accuracy for the prediction of the therapeutic effect in the patients with stroke at recovery stage under different conditions. Based on the therapeutic effect predicted in the hospital visit, the physicians may adopt the corresponding regimens of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy in patients.
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Humans , Acupuncture Therapy , Models, Statistical , Moxibustion , Prognosis , Stroke/therapyABSTRACT
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture plus medication in treating diabetic abducens nerve palsy.Method Twenty-three cases of diabetic abducens nerve palsy were randomized into a treatment group of 12 cases and a control group of 11 cases. The two groups both were intervened by Compound anisodine hydrobromide via para-temporal-superficial-artery injection, based on which, the treatment group received acupuncture at extraocular muscles and body acupoints, while the control group received subconjunctival injection of Dexamethasone beside the endpoint of rectus lateralis. The fasting blood glucose, eye movement and diplopia were observed before and after the intervention for the two groups to evaluate the therapeutic efficacy.Result After the intervention, the two groups didn't show significant intra-group or inter-group differences in fasting blood glucose (P>0.05). The total effective rate was 91.7％ in the treatment group versus 54.5％ in the control group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture plus medication is an effective method in treating diabetic abducens nerve palsy.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore the effect of acupoint massage dominant early comprehensive intervention on the prognosis of premature infants with brain injury.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Totally 210 premature infants with brain injury were assigned to the intervention group (112 cases) and the control group (98 cases). All patients received routine therapy (medicinal + routine care instructions). Patients in the intervention group additionally received acupoint massage. Those with abnormal early motion received physical sports treatment. Those with upper limbs dysfunction or with fine movement disorders received occupational therapy. Premature infants' development quotient (DQ) was performed at corrected age of 6 and 12 months by using neuropsychological development examination table for 0 - 6 years old children. The incidence of cerebral palsy was statistically calculated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>At corrected age of 6 months, DQ of gross motor, fine motor, language three functional areas was higher in the intervention group than in the control group with significant difference (P < 0.05). At corrected age of 12 months, DQ of gross motor, fine motor, language, social and adaptive capacities was higher in the intervention group than in the control groupwith significant difference (P < 0.05). The incidence of cerebral palsy was 4.46% (5/112) in the intervention group and 12.24% (12/98) in the control group (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupoint massage dominant early comprehensive intervention could obviously improve the intelligence development level and lower the incidence of cerebral palsy in premature infants with brain injury.</p>