TCM Directed Through Drug Treatment Combined with Warm Acupuncture for the Pain of Shoulder-hand Syndrome after the First Time of Stroke

VernacularTitle:中医定向透药配合温针治疗首次脑卒中后肩手综合征疼痛
Author: Limei YAO ; Chunchu NI ; Zhifang SHEN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: stroke; shoulder-hand syndrome; pain; TCM directed through drug; warm acupuncture
From: Journal of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University 2015;(10):764-766
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective]The clinical efficacy of TCM directed through drug treatment of pain for the first time with the temperature needle shoulder-hand syndrome after caused by stroke.[Methods]The 90 cases were randomly divided into treatment and control groups.The treatment group was directed through medicine with traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture treatment temperature ,the control group using only warm acupuncture.Respectively, before treatment, the first 30 days of oral grading score(VRS) was assessed for limb pain.[Results]After treatment ,the patient's limb pain scores were significantly lower than before treatment,treatment group decreased more significantly than the control group,the difference was statistically significant(P﹤0.05). [Conclusion]TCM directed through drug treatment and needle with warm warm acupuncture alone can significantly ease the pain of limb ,but TCM directed through drug treatment is better than warm needle acupuncture alone.