Effect of Acupuncture at Huatuo Jiaji Points plus Virtual Balancing Game on Balance Function in Stroke Patients
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2017.07.0765
- VernacularTitle:针刺夹脊穴配合虚拟平衡游戏对脑卒中患者平衡功能的影响
- Author:
Youjin YU
;
Xiaoxuan ZHOU
;
Yu CHEN
;
Zengtu ZHAN
;
Zhicheng LIN
- Keywords:
Acupuncture therapy;
Points;
Huatuo jiaji;
Rehabilitation training;
Stroke sequelae;
Balance function;
BBS score;
TUGT score;
MBI score
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2017;36(7):765-768
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of acupuncture at Huatuo jiaji points plus virtual balancing game on balance function in stroke patients.Methods Fifty patients with poststroke balance dysfunction were randomly allocated: 25 cases to the treatment group and 25 cases to the control groups. The treatment group received acupuncture at Huatuo jiaji points plus virtual balancing game-based rehabilitation training and the control group, virtual balancing game-based rehabilitation training alone. The Berg Balance Scale (BBS) score, the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) score, the COP offset distance indices (EO2, EC2, EOTS and EO1) and the modified Barthel Index (MBI) score were recorded in the two groups before and after treatment.Results There were statistically significant pre-/post-treatment differences in the BBS score, the TUGT score, the COP offset distance indices and the MBI score in the two groups of patients (P<0.05). There were statistically significant post-treatment differences in the BBS score, the TUGT score, the COP offset distance indices and the MBI score between the treatment and control groups (P<0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture at Huatuo jiaji points plus virtual balancing game is an effective way to treat poststroke balance dysfunction.
