Therapeutic Observation of JIN’s Three Needle Therapy plus Rehabilitation for Mental Retardation / 上海针灸杂志

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of JIN’s three needle therapy plus rehabilitation in treating mental retardation (MR).Method Seventy-two MR patients were randomized into a treatment group of 37 cases and a control group of 35 cases. The control group was intervened by conventional rehabilitation training, while the treatment group was treated with JIN’s three needle therapy in addition to the rehabilitation training. The modified Chinese version of Gesell Developmental Schedules (GDS) was adopted to observe the improvements in gross and fine motor skills, language, social function and adaptability, and the clinical efficacies were compared between the two groups. Result In the treatment group, the adaptability, gross motor skills and fine motor skills scores were significantly changed after the intervention (P<0.05). In the control group, the gross and fine motor skills scores were significantly changed after the intervention (P<0.05). After the treatment, there were significant differences in comparing the gross and fine motor skills scores between the two groups (P<0.05). In the treatment group, the total effective rates were respectively 93.1% and 62.5% in the mild-moderate and severe-extremely severe patients, versus 76.9% and 44.4% in the control group. There was a significant difference in comparing the total effective rate in the mild-moderate patients between the two groups (P<0.05).Conclusion JIN’s three needle therapy plus rehabilitation is an effective approach, and it can significantly improve the gross and fine motor skills and adaptability in mild-moderate MR patients.

Effect of Acupuncture plus Mirror Therapy on Lower-limb Dysfunction in Hemiplegia after Cerebral Infarction / 上海针灸杂志

Objective To observe the effect of JIN’s three needle therapy plus mirror therapy for knee joint movement on lower-limb function of patients with hemiplegia after cerebral infarction.Method Seventy-four patients with hemiplegia after cerebral infarction were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 37 cases in each group. The treatment group was intervened by JIN’s three needle therapy plus mirror therapy for knee joint movement, while the control group was by mirror therapy for knee joint movement alone. After 4-week treatment, the Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and modified Barthel Index (MBI) were adopted for evaluating motor function of the affected limb and the activities of daily living (ADL), the Functional Ambulation Category scale (FAC) for assessing the walking ability, and the Twichell-Brunnstrom Stages of Stroke Recovery for determining the stage of post-stroke hemiplegia. Result After the intervention, the FMA and MBI scores were significantly changed in both groups (P<0.05). The changes of FMA and MBI scores in the treatment group after the treatment were significantly different from those in the control group (P<0.05). After the treatment, there were significant between-group differences in comparing the FAC and Brunnstrom grading results (P<0.05).Conclusion JIN’s three needle therapy plus mirror therapy for knee joint movement is an effective approach in treating hemiplegia after cerebral infarction, and it can improve the lower-limb motor function and the ADL.

Vascular cognitive impairment with no dementia treated with auricular acupuncture and acupuncture:a randomized controlled trial / 中国针灸

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare the clinical efficacy on vascular cognitive impairment with no dementia (VCIND) between the combined therapy of auricular acupuncture and acupuncture and the simple acupuncture.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred patients of VCIND were randomized into a combined therapy of auricular acupuncture and acupuncture group (a combined therapy group) and an acupuncture group, 50 cases in each one. The basic internal medicine treatment was applied in the two groups. Additionally, in the combined therapy group, auricular acupuncture and's three needling therapy were used. pizhixia (AT), xin (CO), shen (CO), gan (CO), erzhong (HX) were selected in auricular acupuncture, once every Monday, Wednesday and Friday;,andwere selected in's three needling therapy, once a day. In the acupuncture group,'s three needling therapy was just provided, once a day. The treatment was given for 4 weeks in the two groups. Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) and social function activities questionnaire (FAQ) were adopted for the evaluation comparison before treatment and in 2 weeks and 4 weeks after treatment in patients of the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with those before treatment, the total scores of MoCA were improved in 2 and 4 weeks after treatment in the two groups (all<0.01). The score in the combined therapy group was improved more apparently as compared with that in the acupuncture group (<0.01). FAQ score was reduced in the two groups (all<0.05). The score in the combined therapy group was reduced more apparently as compared with that in the acupuncture group (<0.05). As compared with the result in 2 weeks of treatment, MoCA score was improved in the two groups in 4 weeks of treatment (both<0.01), the improvements in the combined therapygroup were more obvious than those in the acupuncture group (<0.05) and FAQ score was reduced in the two groups (<0.05), but the difference was not significant between the two groups (>0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The combined therapy of auricular acupuncture and acupuncture effectively improve the cognitive function and social function, which are better than the effects of simple acupuncture in VCIND. The improvement of the combined therapy in social function is more advantageous in the treatment of the first two weeks.</p>

Therapeutic Effect of Jin’s Three-needle Therapy Plus Medicated Thread Moxibustion for Poststroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome at PhaseⅠ / 广州中医药大学学报

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of Jin’s three-needle therapy plus medicated thread moxibustion for shoulder-hand syndrome at phaseⅠ. Methods By simple randomized controlled method, sixty qualified patients were randomized into observation group (N=32) and control group (N=28) . The observation group was given Jin’s three-needle therapy plus medicated thread moxibustion, and the control group was given conventional acupuncture therapy. Treatment was performed once a day for the two groups, 5 continuous times per week, and one course covered 3 weeks. At the end of the treatment, therapeutic effect, simplified Fugl-Meyer scores for upper limb motor ability, and pain visual analog scale ( VAS) scores were compared between the two groups. Results (1) The total effective rate was 93.7% in the observation group and was 82.1% in the control group, the difference being significant ( P<0.05). ( 2) Fugl-Meyer scores were improved in the two groups after treatment (P<0.05 or P<0.01), and the improvement of the observation group was superior to that of the control group ( P<0.05). ( 3) The results of VAS scoring showed that the pain in the upper limb was much relieved in both groups after treatment ( P<0.05 or P<0.01) , and the relief of pain was more obvious in the observation group ( P<0.05). Conclusion Jin’s three-needle therapy plus medicated thread moxibustion exerts certain therapeutic effect for shoulder-hand syndrome at phaseⅠ.