Clinical Observation of Warm Needling plus Chinese Medicinal Fumigation and Rehabilitation Training for Post-stroke Shoulder Pain
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2015.12.1174
- VernacularTitle:温针联合中药薰洗及康复训练治疗脑卒中后肩痛临床观察
- Author:
Ming LIU
;
Hui MA
;
Xiaoxu FU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Needle warming therapy;
Steaming washing therapy;
Rehabilitation;
Post-stroke sequelae;
Hemiplegia;
Shoulder pain
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2015;(12):1174-1177
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
ObjectiveTo observe the therapeutic efficacy of warm needling plus Chinese medicinal fumigation and rehabilitation training in treating post-stroke shoulder pain.MethodSixty eligible patients were randomized into a treatment group (warm needling plus Chinese medicinal fumigation and rehabilitation) and a control group (rehabilitation training), 30 casesin each group. The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Fugl-Meyer Assessment Scale (FMA) and Barthel Index (BI) were respectively used to evaluate pain intensity, upper-limb motor function and activities of daily living, and the clinical efficacies were compared between the two groups.ResultAfter 30-day treatment, the improvements of shoulder pain intensity, upper-limb motor function and activities of daily living in the treatment group were more significant than that in the control group (P<0.05). There were no adverse events happened in the two groups.ConclusionWarm needling plus Chinese medicinal fumigation and rehabilitation training can effectively and safely mitigate shoulder pain, improve upper-limb motor function, and enhance the activities of daily living, and its therapeutic efficacy is superior to that of the control group.
