Scalp acupunture can improve lower limb motor function and balance after a stroke
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1424.2024.08.007
- VernacularTitle:互动式头针疗法对脑卒中患者下肢运动功能及平衡能力的影响
- Author:
Yijun DU
1
;
Juan HUAI
;
Yonghui WANG
;
Yujuan QU
;
Wanlin LIU
Author Information
1. 山东大学齐鲁医院康复医学科，济南 250012
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Dynamic scalp acupuncture;
Lower limb motor therapy;
Lower limb dysfunction
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2024;46(8):712-715
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To observe any effect of dynamic scalp acupunture on the lower limb motor function and balance of stroke survivors.Methods:Eighty-two hemiplegic stroke survivors were randomly divided into a traditional scalp acupuncture group and a dynamic scalp acupuncture group, each of 41. In addition to routine symptom support treatment, the traditional scalp acupuncture group was given daily scalp acupuncture treatment and lower limb motor training 5 times a week for 3 consecutive weeks. The dynamic scalp acupuncture group was treated separately on the same schedule. Before and after the treatment, all were evaluated using the lower extremity part of the Fugl-Meyer motor function scale (FMA-LE), the Berg Balance Scale (BBS), the modified Barthel index (MBI) and functional ambulation categories (FAC).Results:Where was no significant difference between the two groups in any of the measurements before the treatment. Afterward the average FMA-LE, MBI and BBS scores of both groups had increased significantly, with greater improvement in the dynamic scalp acupuncture group. There was no significant difference in the two groups′ average functional ambulation categorization after the treatment.Conclusions:Dynamic scalp acupunture can effectively improve the lower limb motor function and balance of stroke survivors.
