BRAIN NERVOUS DEVELOPMENT AND NEURORESTORATOLOGY OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY TREATED BY ACUPUNCTURE

Objective: This study aims to investigate the action and value of acupuncture in treatment of cerebral palsy rehabilitation.Methods: A total of 200 patients from 1 to 7 years old with spastic cerebral palsy were randomly divided into two groups.Acupuncture with rehabilitation training group: 100 patients were treated with head acupuncture and body acupuncture and rehabilitation training; rehabilitation training group: 100 patients were treated with physical therapy.The two groups underwenta 3-month treatment and the Gross Motor Function Measure(GMFM) and Beijing Gesell were used to evaluate the effects of the two groups; atrophy in computed tomography(CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) was used to scan the rate of skull recovery.Results: The effective rate of acupuncture with rehabilitation training group was 87%, obviously higher than 55% of the rehabilitation training group.The total effective rate of the acupuncture and rehabilitation training group was obviously higher than that of the rehabilitation training group.After treatment the development quotient value and GMFM of the acupuncture with rehabilitation training group were higher than that of the rehabilitation group(P<0.01).In the acupuncture with rehabilitation training group, improvement rate of brain dysphasia, brain atrophy in skull CT/MRI and recovery-to-normal rate of skull were higher than those of the rehabilitation group(P<0.01).Conclusion: Acupuncture can obviously increase cerebral blood flow and improve cerebral cell metabolism, and promote partial or complete compensation of cerebral function, as well as the restoration and function of plasticity of cerebral tissue in children with cerebral palsy.