Observation on therapeutic effect of point-through-point acupunture on strephenopodia after apoplexy / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe clinical therapeutic effect of point-through-point acupuncture on strephenopodia after apoplexy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Ninety-six cases of strephenopodia after apoplexy were divided into a treatment group (n=50) treated with point-through-point acupuncture and a control group (n=46) treated with normal acupuncture. Their clinical therapeutic effects and motor functions of lower limbs were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Both the methods could restore foot functional activities of various directions in the patient of strephenopodia after apoplexy (P < 0.01, P < 0.05), and the therapeutic effect of the treatment group was more obvious (P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The point-through-point acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effect on foot functional activities of various directions in the patient of strephenopodia after apoplexy.</p>