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Musculoskeletal Manipulations , Pain Management , Soft Tissue Injuries/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pain/etiology , Soft Tissue Injuries/therapy , Spinal Canal/injuries , Young AdultABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To observe therapeutic effects of acupuncture at different opportunities on peripheral facial paralysis. METHODS: Fifty-two cases were randomly divided into a treatment group (n=28) and a control group (n=24). The treatment group at the acute stage (1-10 days) were treated with acupuncture at Dicang (ST 4), Jiache (ST 6), Yangbai (GB 14), etc., with less than 4 points selected on the face and with shallow puncture, and 10 days later electroacupuncture were added at acupoints selected routinely; the control group were treated with the same methods as the treatment group but acupuncture was not given at the acute stage. RESULTS: The cured rate of 78.6% in the treatment group was significantly higher than 50.0% in the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Early acupuncture is a key for achieving the best therapeutic effect on facial paralysis.
