Chaonan Yang
China Medical University, China
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Neurol Neurophysiol
Stroke cause impairment, and also cause care burden and social cost. Patient seeking other therapy for regain their limbs weakness or spasticity, like acupuncture. Although acupuncture in post-stroke patient can relieve some function, but there is still controversial in conclusion. In acupuncture group, patients received three times a week, 2 weeks with total 6 times body acupuncture (7 sets acupoints) treatment. Data was collected by evaluation 3 neurologic deficit score or activity functional score (NIHSS, BI, mRS) before and 4, 8, 12 weeks after the intervention. HRV data were collected before and after each acupuncture interventions in acupuncture group. We enrolled 56 subjects. The results (1) In the measurement of 3 neurologic score (NIHSS, BI, mRS), there were no significant in NIHSS score in baseline, and has significant improvement in NIHSS score in control group since the 2nd day, and keep significant in the 3rd day, 7th day, 14th day and the 21th day, than back to no significant improvement in NIHSS score comparing acupuncture and control groups in the 28th day, the 56th day and the 84th day. There were no significant improvements in BI and mRS scores comparing acupuncture and control group in all comparing days. We noted the worsening of NIHSS score within 3 days in acupuncture group, and returned to no difference with control group in 4 weeks later, it is a indirect evidence that a trend of improving neurologic deficit (NIHSS score) after acupuncture treatment compare to control group.
Chaonan Yang has completed his Master's degree from Graduate Institute of Integrated Medicine, China Medical University, Taiwan, ROC. He is currently the attending physician of neurology, in China medical University Hospital, Taipei branch.
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