Clinical Effectiveness of Intradermal Needle-embedding Therapy for Swallowing Function in Stroke Patients with Dysphagia / 针刺研究
Acupuncture Research
;
(6): 118-122, 2018.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-844495
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To observe the clinical efficacy of intradermal needle-embedding therapy in the treatment of dysphagia in stroke patients.METHODS:
A total of 80 stroke patients with dysphagia were randomly divided into treatment group and control group (n = 40 in each). The control group was treated with conventional medicines, neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the bilateral midlines of the neck and swallowing function training, and the treatment group treated by intradermal needle-embedding at Lianquan (CV 23), Jialianquan-point, Yifeng (TE 17), Ashi-point, etc. (once every other day for 20 days) on the basis of the treatments used in the control group. Swallowing function (0-10 points scaling, the bigger the better)and surface electromyography (sEMG) of the bilateral suprahyoid muscles and infrahyoid muscles in the relaxing, nothing swallowing and water-swallowing conditions were tested before and after the treatment.RESULTS:
After treatment, the swallowing scores were significantly increased in both groups compared with those of their individual pre-treatment (P<0.05), suggesting an improvement of swallowing function. During relaxing, nothing swallowing and water-swallowing conditions, the peak amplitudes of sEMG were considerably increased in both groups relevant to those of their individual pre-treatment (P<0.05).The swallowing function score, and maximum amplitudes of sEMG during relaxing, nothing swallowing and water-swallowing conditions were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group (P<0.05), suggesting a better efficacy of intradermal needle-embedding treatment.CONCLUSION:
Intradermal needle-embedding can significantly improve the swallowing function of stroke patients with dysphagia.
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Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Acupuncture Research
Year:
2018
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