Effect of Muscle-region Alignment Electroacupuncture in Treating Post-stroke Shoulder Pain and on the Levels of Serum ;IL-6, TNF-?, and NO / 上海针灸杂志
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
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(12): 1158-1161, 2016.
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in Chinese
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ABSTRACT
Objective To observe the therapeutic efficacy and action mechanism of muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture in treating post-stroke shoulder pain. Method Eighty patients were randomized into a muscle-region alignment needling group and a conventional acupuncture group. The Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), and serum levels of IL-6, TNF-?, and NO were majorly observed before and after the treatment. Result The muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture and conventional acupuncture both obviously reduced the SF-MPQ score and down-regulated the serum levels of IL-6, TNF-?, and NO, and the decreases by the muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture were more significant than that by the conventional acupuncture. Conclusion The action of muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture in treating post-stroke shoulder pain is plausibly by down-regulating serum levels of IL-6, TNF-?, and NO, reducing or inhibiting the production of inflammatory factors and restraining inflammation.
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Controlled clinical trial
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Chinese
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Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
Year:
2016
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