Experiences of Application of Acupuncture in Stroke Rehabilitation with Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine
10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2016.02.026
- VernacularTitle:针刺在中西医结合脑卒中康复中的应用体会
- Author:
Jimin XU
;
Lanqun LIU
;
Yanli LI
;
Mingyu LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
stroke;
acupuncture;
Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine;
rehabilitation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2016;22(2):245-248
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Acupuncture for stroke rehabilitation is of multi-targets, the treatments of which are not only for hemiplegia, but also cover a wide variety of aspects, such as aphasia, dysphagia, dysarthria, cognitive disorders, bowel or bladder dysfunction, ataxia and post hemiple-gic pain, etc. Based on the experiences of stroke rehabilitation with Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine over 20 years, this paper discussed the selection of acupoints, needling manipulations, opportunity of intervention, quantity of stimulations, the needle-retaining time as well as the impact on spasticity after hemiplegia referring to ancient and modern literatures and modern rehabilitation theory.
