Treatment of Post-stroke Spastic Hemiplegia by Acupuncture plus Rehabilitation Training

Objective:To observe the clinical effects of acupuncture plus rehabilitation training for post-stroke spastic hemiplegia. Methods:Eighty patients with post-stroke spastic hemiplegia in conformity with the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into two groups, a treatment group and a control group, 40 cases in each group. Both two groups were given treatments of routine Western medicine and rehabilitation training. Those in the treatment group were treated by puncturing antagonistic muscles, and those in the control group were given routine acupuncture treatment, to observe the changes in the scores of modified Ashworth scale (MAS), Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA) and Barthel index (BI) after treatments in the two groups. Results:After treatment, the scores of MAS, FMA and BI in the two groups were statistically different from those of the same group before the treatment (all P<0.01). After treatment, the differences in the scores of MAS, FMA and BI were all statistically significant (P<0.01 or P<0.05). Conclusion:Acupuncture of antagonistic muscles plus rehabilitation training is better than routine acupuncture plus rehabilitation in the treatment of post-stroke spastic hemiplegia.