Effect of Acupuncture Combined with Low Frequency Electrical Stimulation on Cerebral Palsy Salivation / 中国康复理论与实践

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of oral sensorimotor therapy (OSMT), acupuncture, and low frequency electrical stimulation on salivation in patients with cerebral palsy. Methods From September, 2014 to October, 2015, 80 cerebral palsy patients with salivation were recruited. They were randomly divided into four treatment groupsgroup A was treated with OSMT, group B was treated with acupunc-ture, group C was treated with frequency electrical stimulation, and group D was treated with acupuncture and low frequency electrical stim-ulation, for eight weeks. Meanwhile, 20 cerebral palsy patients with salivation from outpatients were chosen as control group. Results There was no improvement in the root mean square (RMS) value of surface electromyography (sEMG) after treatment in both the control group and group A (t0.05), and the RMS value significantly improved in the groups B, C and D (t>8.983, P0.05), and they was better in the groups B, C and D than in the control group and group A (W>226.0, t>8.534, P306.0, t>3.663, P<0.05). Conclusion Acupuncture and low frequency electrical stimulation could effectively improve salivation in children with cerebral palsy, and their combination was superior to either ones, while OSMT did not show obvious benefit.