Advance in Treatment of Post-stroke Cognitive Function Impairment with Acupuncture(review)
- VernacularTitle:针刺治疗脑卒中后认知障碍研究进展
- Author:
Bo WANG
;
Laixi JI
;
Haijun WANG
;
Xiayi ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
acupuncture, stroke, cognitive function impairment, review
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2007;13(10):937-940
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
There are three major ways of for the treatments of post-stroke cognitive impairment.Medicine,acupuncture and the cognitive training is the most popular.Both clinical reports and experimental studies proved positive effect of acupuncture to post-stroke cognitive function impairment.There are more clinical reports and comprehensive mechanism studies on the Brain-activating and Orifice-opening Acupuncture than the other two popular treatments of acupuncture for cognitive function impairment.Acupuncture show positive effect on post-stroke cognitive function impairment.Further studies are required to validate whether acupuncture has better curative effect than cognitive training.
