Clinical Study on Herbal Cake Moxibustion plus Acupuncture for Treatment of Post-stroke Urinary Incontinence
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2018.01.0024
- VernacularTitle:隔药饼灸配合针刺治疗中风后尿失禁的临床研究
- Author:
Yun XIA
1
;
Qian WEN
;
Bing SUN
;
Peng JIANG
;
Bi-Dan LOU
Author Information
1. 湖南中医药大学第一附属医院
- Keywords:
Acupuncture therapy;
Indirect moxibustion;
Urinary incontinence;
Stroke complications;
Medicinal cake-partitioned moxibustion
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2018;37(1):24-27
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of herbal cake moxibustion plus acupuncture in treating post-stroke urinary incontinence.Methods Fifty patients with post-stroke urinary incontinence were randomized to a treatment group (26 cases) and a control groups (24 cases). The treatment group received herbal cake moxibustion plus acupuncture and the control group, acupuncture alone. Twenty-four-hour urine void number, incontinence severity and the clinical symptom score were recorded in the two groups before and after treatment.Results There were statistically significant pre-/post-treatment differences in twenty-four-hour urine void number and the clinical symptom score in the two groups (P<0.05). There were statistically significant differences in pre-/post-treatment twenty-four- hour urine void number difference value and clinical symptom score difference value between the treatment and control groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant pre-/post-treatment difference in incontinence severity in the two groups (P<0.05). There was a statistically significant post-treatment difference in incontinence severity between the treatment and control groups (P<0.05).Conclusion Herbal cake moxibustion plus acupuncture is an effective way to treat post-stroke urinary incontinence.
