CLINICAL RESEARCH ON IMPROVING BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION OF CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY BY ACUPUNCTURE

Objective: To investigate the therapeutic action and value of acupuncture in cerebral palsy rehabilitation.Methods: A total of 150 patients from 1.5 to 7 years old with spastic cerebral palsy were randomly divided into three groups.Acupuncture group(group A): 50 patients were treated with head acupuncture and body acupuncture; rehabilitation training group(group B): 50 patients were treated with physical therapy of Bobath and Vojta methods.Acupuncture plus rehabilitation training group(group C): 50 patients were investigated.Results: The total effective rates of group A and group C were obviously higher than that of group B.After treatment the DQ values of group A and group C were higher than that of group B( P<0.01).The improvement rates of brain dysphasia and atrophy in computed tomography of groups A and C were significantly higher than that of group B(P<0.05-0.01).The recovery-to-normal rates of ECT brain blood stream in groups A and C were obviously higher than that of group B(P<0.01).The results of TCD in group A(PI: 1.19±0.19 and 1.10±0.16; VP:(132.92±17.14) cm/s and(139.63±14.64) cm/s) and group C(PI: 1.18±0.24 and 0.91±0.19; VP:(131.84±15.93) cm/s and(139.68±15.66) cm/s) after treatment were better than those before treatment(P<0.01).Conclusion: Acupuncture can obviously increase cerebral circulation, improve cerebral cell metabolism, promote partial or complete compensation of cerebral function and restore the function of plasticity of cerebral tissue in children with cerebral palsy.