Therapeutic Observation of Warm Needling plus Chinese Medication for External Application in Treating Post-stroke Shoulder Pain
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2018.03.0257
- VernacularTitle:温针配合中药溻渍为主治疗中风后肩痛的疗效观察
- Author:
Jun-Ling GE
1
;
Hong-Mei LI
;
Ceng-Shan ZHAO
;
Mei-Qing WANG
;
Chun-Yan SHI
;
Ying-Chun XI
Author Information
1. 衡水市中医医院
- Keywords:
Acupuncture-moxibustion;
Needle warming therapy;
Shoulder pain;
Application therapy;
Chinese medi-cation for external application;
Rehabilitation;
Post-stroke sequelae
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2018;37(3):257-261
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of warm needling plus Chinese medication for external application in treating post-stroke shoulder pain. Method Two hundred patients with post-stroke shoulder pain were randomized into a treatment group and a control group, 100 cases each. The two groups both received rehabilitation training for shoulder joint. In addition, the treatment group was given warm needling plus Chinese medication for external application, while the control group was given warm needling. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain, upper-limb Fugl-Mayer Assessment (FMA) and Modified Barthel Index (MBI) were adopted to evaluate the two groups before and after the treatment. The clinical efficacies of the two groups were also compared. Result The total effective rate was 100.0％ in the treatment group versus 87.0％ in the control group, and the between-group difference was statistically significant (P<0.01). The VAS, FMA and MBI scores were significantly changed after the treatment in both groups (P<0.01). After the treatment, the VAS, FMA and MBI scores of the treatment group were significantly different from those of the control group (P<0.05, P<0.01). Conclusion Warm needling plus Chinese medication for external application and rehabilitation training can obviously reduce post-stroke shoulder pain, and enhance the upper-limb motor function and activities of daily living.
