Effect of warm needling plus oral medication on blood lipids in cerebral infarction patients
10.1007/s11726-017-0986-y
- VernacularTitle:温针灸结合口服药物对脑梗死患者血脂的影响
- Author:
Zhenjie XU
;
Wei QI
;
Yi LIU
;
Yifan JIA
- Keywords:
Acupuncture Therapy;
Moxibustion Therapy;
Warm Needling Therapy;
Cerebral Infarction;
Blood Lipid;
Rosuvastatin Calcium Tablets
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2017;15(2):115-119
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To observe the effect of warm needling plus oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets on blood lipids in cerebral infarction patients. Methods:A total of 125 eligible cases were randomly allocated into group A (n=42), group B (n=40) and group C (n=43). Cases in group A received warm needling plus oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets, cases in group B received warm needling, whereas cases in group C received oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets. Results:After treatment, the total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) all dropped obviously in the three groups, with significant differences (allP<0.05), modified Barthel index (BI) scores all significantly rise (allP<0.05), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) remained unchanged (allP>0.05). After treatment, the changes of TC, TG and LDL-C in group A were significantly different from those in group B and group C (allP<0.05), while the changes showed no statistical significance between group B and group C (P>0.05). There were no between-group differences in HDL-C among the three groups (allP>0.05); the modified BI scores in groupA and groupB were significantly higher than that in group C (bothP<0.05), while there was no significant difference between group A and group B (P>0.05).After treatment, the total effective rate was significantly higher in group A than that in group B and group C (bothP<0.05), there was no significant difference between group B and group C (P>0.05). Conclusion:Warm needling and oral administration of rosuvastatin calcium tablets both can adjust blood lipids effectively in cerebral infarction patients with a similar therapeutic efficacy, while the effect gets better based upon combining both methods; acupuncture-moxibustion plays an important role in the recovery of nerve functions in cerebral infarction patients.
