OBJECTIVETo probe into effects of acupuncture on rehabilitation of nervous functions in the stroke patient of different OCSP types.

METHODSThe stroke patients were randomly divided into 4 subtypes (LACI, TACI, PACI, POCI) based on the OCSP clinical classification. The patients of every subtype were randomly sub-divided into an observation group and a control group. The patients in the 2 groups were treated with routine western medicine, and acupuncture at Baihui (GV 20), Sanyinjiao (SP 6), Taixi (KI 3), Xuehai (SP 10), etc. were added with reinforcing and reducing manipulation in the observation group and without manipulation of the needle in the control group. They were assessed with daily living ability scale (BI) at the time of enrollment, the end of 1, 3, 6, 12 months after the stroke, respectively.

RESULTSThere was no significant difference between the two groups for BI in LACI (P>0.05); there were significant differences 3, 6 and 12 months after the stroke between the two groups in PACI, POCI (P<0.05); in the TACI, there was a significant difference between the two groups for BI 3 and 6 months after stroke (P<0.05), with no significant difference 12 months after stroke (P>0.05).

CONCLUSIONAcupuncture has different effects on rehabilitation of daily living function in the stroke patient of different OCSP types.

Acupuncture Therapy ; Aged ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nervous System ; physiopathology ; Stroke ; physiopathology ; Stroke Rehabilitation