Effect of electroacupuncture combined with stretching method on the safe bladder capacity in patients with spastic bladder following spinal cord injury / 国际中医中药杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo investigate the effect of electroacupuncture combined with stretching method on the safe bladder capacity in patients with spastic bladder following spinal cord injury (SCI).MethodsA total of 90 patients with spastic bladder following SCI were randomly divided into 3 groups according to the random number table, a medical treatment group (tolterodine tartrate, 2 mg, 2/d), a electroacupuncture group and a electroacupuncture combined with stretching group, with 30 cases in each group. Safe bladder capacity and efficiency were measured.ResultsAfter treatment, the safe bladder capacity were significantly increased in the medical treatment group (273.20 ± 84.63 mlvs.179.50 ± 59.07 ml,t=4.973), the electroacupuncture group (308.23±87.45 mlvs.169.17 ± 54.58 ml,t=7.389), and the electroacupuncture combined with stretching group (376.37 ± 125.08 mlvs.167.40 ± 61.56 ml,t=8.210) compared with before the treatment; while improvement of safe bladder capacity in the electroacupuncture combined with stretching group was superior to the medical treatment group and the electroacupuncture group (allP<0.05). The effective rates in the medical treatment group, the electroacupuncture group and the electroacupuncture combined with stretching group were 60% (18/30), 83.3%(25/30), 93.3%(28/30), respectively, and the medical treatment group showed significant difference to the electroacupuncture group and the electroacupuncture combined with stretching group (χ2values were 4.022, 9.317, respectively, allP<0.05).ConclusionsMedical treatment, electroacupuncture and electroacupuncture combined with stretching can improve the safe bladder capacity in patients with spastic bladder following SCI, and electroacupuncture combined with stretching is superior to medical treatment or electroacupuncture.