Effect of Digital Acupoint Pressure on Hemianesthesia in Patients after Stroke / 中国康复理论与实践

Objective To observe the clinical effect of digital acupoint pressure on sensory dysfunction in hemiplegic patients after stroke. Methods From March to December, 2015, 60 hemiplegic patients with sensory dysfunction after stroke were randomly divided into control group and observation group with 30 cases in each group. The control group received routine rehabilitation exercise, while the obser-vation group received digital acupoint pressure in addition. Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Sense (FMA-S), Fugl-Meyer Assessment for Motor (FMA-M) and modified Barthel index (MBI) were used to evaluate the sensory dysfunction, motor function and activities of daily living be-fore and eight weeks after treatment. Results After treatment, the scores of FMA-S, FMA-M and MBI increased in both groups (t>6.430, P2.100, P<0.05). Conclusion Digital acupoint pressure can facilitate the recovery of sensory dysfunction, improve the motor function and the activties of daily living in hemiplegic patients after stroke.

Effect of Routine Rehabilitation Combined with Digital Acupoint Pressure on Stroke Patients with Hemiplegia / 中国康复理论与实践

@#ObjectiveTo observe the effect of routine rehabilitation combined with digital acupoint pressure on motor function of stroke patients with hemiplegia.Methods58 stroke patients with hemiplegia were randomly divided into the therapy group (n=30) and control group (n=28). The patients of the therapy group were treated with routine rehabilitation combined with digital acupoint pressure, and those of the control group were treated only with routine rehabilitation. The limbs motor function was evaluated with Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and activities of daily living (ADL) was evaluated with Modified Barthel Index (MBI) before and after 12-week treatment.ResultsBefore treatment, there were no significant differences in scores of FMA and MBI between two groups ( P>0.05). After treatment, FMA scores of the patients in the therapy group increased ( P<0.05) and significantly superior to that of the control group ( P<0.01), MBI scores also significantly higher than that of the control group ( P<0.01).ConclusionThe routine rehabilitation combined with digital acupoint pressure can improve the motor function of stroke patients and the effect is better than routine rehabilitation alone.

Effect of digital acupoint pressure combined with physical therapy on stroke patients with hemiplegia at early stage / 中国康复理论与实践

@#ObjectiveTo observe the effect of digital acupoint pressure combined with physical therapy on stroke patients with hemiplegia at early stage.Methods126 stroke patients with hemiplegia were randomly divided into the observation group (64 cases) and control group (62 cases). Patients of the observation group were treated with digital acupoint pressure and physical therapy, and cases of the control group were treated only with physical therapy. The therapeutic effects of tow groups were evaluated after four-week treatment.ResultsIn all cases, no bad effects or new bleeding and cerebral infarction occurred during treatment. Scores of Brunnstrom scale, Fugl-Meyer assessed and neural function defects scale of the observation group were significantly superior to the control group (P<0.05).ConclusionThe digital acupoint pressure combined with physical therapy is safe to hemiplegic patients at early stage and the effect is better than physical therapy alone.