Clinical observation on point-through-point acupuncture for treatment of cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe therapeutic effect of point-through-point acupuncture on cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy and evaluate the safety.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Random, parallel control, single blind and multicentral study method was used and 224 cases from 4 hospitals were divided equally into a treatment group and a control group, 112 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with point-through-point acupuncture and the control group with general needling method. Their symptoms and signs, and the effect on transcranial Doppler's method (TCD) were investigated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The total effective rate was 93.3% in the treatment group which was better than 77.4% in the control group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01), and the point-through-point acupuncture could significantly improve TCD of basilar artery, vertebral artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (Vs, Vm, Vd, PI, RI), superior to the control group.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The point-through-point acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effect on cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy and good safety.</p>