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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical effect and safety of Tuina for treatment of somatic pain of sub-health. METHODS: A randomized, double-blind and blank parallel controlled trial was done. The experiment group was treated with Tuina and the control group lied down for rest, 45 minutes each time, twice each week for three weeks. RESULTS: Tuina treatment could improve more on sensory, affective, evaluation, pain rating index and extant pain intensity of the pain index, and score of subjective sensation of life quality and health status together with physiology and psychology field of life quality. CONCLUSION: Massage is an effective therapy for treatment of somatic pain of sub-health without adverse reactions and it should be generalized to application.
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Massage , Pain Management , Adult , Double-Blind Method , Female , Health Status , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pain/psychology , Quality of LifeABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture on language disorder of cerebral palsy. METHODS: Ninety-eight cases of language disorder of cerebral palsy were randomly divided into an acupuncture group (n = 76) and a control group (n = 22). The acupuncture group were treated by needling main acupoints Sishenzhen, Niesanzhen, Naosanzhen, Zhisanzhen, Shesanzhen, Fengchi (GB 20) and Yamen (GV 15), and the control group by oral administration of pyrithioxine 0.1-0.2 g and gamma-aminobutyric acid, thrice each day, and intramuscular injection of 2 mL nerve growth factor, once daily. They all were treated for 4 months. RESULTS: The total effective rate was 86.8% in the acupuncture group and 59.1% in the control group with very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.001), and early treatment in the acupuncture group had a better therapeutic effect. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture has obvious improvement action on language disorder in the children of cerebral palsy.
