Assessment of thumb mobility in rehabilitation for hemiplegics due to cerebrovascular accident by electro acupuncture

ABSTRACT

95 patients with hemiplegia due to cerebrovasculary accident (32 females, 63 males) treated by 30days of electro- acupuncture. Results were as follow thumb of simple paralysis had got rehabilitation better than the paralysis in combining with edema and contracted thumb. The sooner treatment,the better result got. The increasing level of mobility at 3a degree reached 36% and 3b degree 33,2%