Observation on clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture on apoplectic pseudobulbar palsy / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To find a clinically effective therapy for apoplectic pseudobulbar palsy.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Seventy-five cases of apoplectic pseudobulbar palsy were randomly divided into 3 groups, acupuncture group, western medicine group and acupuncture plus medicine group. They were treated for one month.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The scores for clinical symptoms and signs, and the clinical scores for water provocative test in the acupuncture plus medicine group and the acupuncture group were superior to that in the western medicine group with significant difference (P < 0.01), and the therapeutic effects of the 3 groups were related with age, course of disease and condition of illness.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Acupuncture has some predominances in treatment of apoplectic pseudobulbar palsy.</p>