The clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with Vitalstim electric stimulation therapy on dysphagia after ischemic stroke
10.3969/j.issn.1008-9691.2017.04.004
- VernacularTitle:针刺联合Vitalstim电刺激疗法治疗缺血性脑卒中后吞咽功能障碍的疗效观察
- Author:
Yi ZHANG
;
Jing LI
- Keywords:
Ischemic stroke;
Dysphagia;
Acupuncture;
Vitalstim electric stimulation;
Clinical study;
Curative effect
- From:
Chinese Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine in Intensive and Critical Care
2017;24(4):346-350
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with Vitalstim electric stimulation therapy for treatment of patients with dysphagia after ischemic stroke.Methods Ninety-two patients with dysphagia after ischemic stroke in accord with the criteria of enrollment in this study were admitted to the Department of Acupuncture of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin Traditional Chinese Medicine University from May 2014 to November 2016, and they were divided into a control group and an observation group by random number table, 46 cases in each group. Both groups were treated with stroke conventional drug therapy and feeding swallowing rehabilitation training, in addition, Vitalstim swallowing therapeutic electrical stimulation therapy was used in the control group, and acupuncture combined with Vitalstim stimulation were applied in observation group. The changes of swallowing ability score, video fluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) score and adverse reactions were observed before and after treatment in the two groups, and the curative effect of combined method was evaluated.Results Compared with those before treatment, the swallowing ability and VFSS score of two groups after treatment were obviously higher, and the degrees of changesin observation group were more significant than those in control group (swallowing score: 8.12±1.13 vs. 7.45±1.04, VFSS score: 7.97±1.05 vs. 5.67±0.88, allP < 0.05); the total efficiency in the observation group was markedly higher than that in the control group [95.7% (44/46) vs. 78.3%(36/46)], the adverse reactions (wrong aspiration, pulmonary infection) in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group [10.9% (5/46) vs. 28.3% (13/46)], and there were statistically significant differences between the two groups (bothP < 0.05).Conclusions Acupuncture combined with Vitalstim electric stimulation therapy can improve the swallowing ability in patients with dysphagia after ischemic stroke, and the therapy has less adverse reactions; compared with the simple Vitalstim electric stimulation therapy, in the aspect of improving swallowing ability, the therapeutic effect of combined therapy is more significant.
