Clinical Observation of Bilateral or Affected-side Scalp Acupuncture Com-bined with Synchronous Motor Rehabilitation Training in Recovering Motor Function of Acute Cerebral Infarction Patients / 广州中医药大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of bilateral scalp acupuncture combined with synchronous motorrehabilitation training on acute cerebral infarction patients with movement dysfunction. Methods Eighty acutecerebral infarction patients were evenly randomized into treatment group and control group. Both groups weregiven routing medicine for neurology and body acupuncture. Additionally, the treatment group received bilateralscalp acupuncture combined with synchronous motor rehabilitation training, and the control group receivedaffected-side scalp acupuncture combined with synchronous motor rehabilitation training. The acupuncture andtraining were carried out once a day. One course of treatment consisted of six continuous treatment days and onerest day, and the treatment lasted 4 courses. Before and after treatment, the scores of Fugl-Meyer assessment( FMA) for motor function, the modified Barthel index (MBI) scores and the neurological deficit scores(NDS) were observed for the evaluation of therapeutic effect. Results After treatment, FMA scores and MBIscores were increased, and NDS were decreased in both groups compared with those before treatment, thedifferences being significant (P0.05) . On treatment day 28, FMA scores and NDS of the treatmentgroup were superior to those of the control group ( P 0.05). Conclusion Bilateral scalp acupuncture combined withsynchronous motor rehabilitation training exerts remarkable effect on improving motor function of acute cerebralinfarction patients with movement dysfunction.