Effect of Muscle-region Alignment Electroacupuncture in Treating Post-stroke Shoulder Pain and on the Levels of Serum ;IL-6, TNF-?, and NO
10.13460/j.issn.1005-0957.2016.10.1158
- VernacularTitle:经筋排刺电针对中风后肩痛患者血清IL-6、TNF-?、NO水平及疗效的影响
- Author:
Fengjun SONG
;
Shili ZHENG
;
Wenzong ZHU
;
Bing CHEN
;
Jingqiao XI
;
Xiaojing ZOU
;
Junhui FANG
;
Haifei LIU
;
Bihong YE
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Post-stroke complications;
Hemiplegia;
Shoulder pain;
Musculature of 12 meridians;
Acupuncture;
Electroacupuncture;
Alignment acupuncture;
Inflammatory factors
- From:
Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
2016;35(10):1158-1161
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To observe the therapeutic efficacy and action mechanism of muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture in treating post-stroke shoulder pain. Method Eighty patients were randomized into a muscle-region alignment needling group and a conventional acupuncture group. The Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ), and serum levels of IL-6, TNF-?, and NO were majorly observed before and after the treatment. Result The muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture and conventional acupuncture both obviously reduced the SF-MPQ score and down-regulated the serum levels of IL-6, TNF-?, and NO, and the decreases by the muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture were more significant than that by the conventional acupuncture. Conclusion The action of muscle-region alignment electroacupuncture in treating post-stroke shoulder pain is plausibly by down-regulating serum levels of IL-6, TNF-?, and NO, reducing or inhibiting the production of inflammatory factors and restraining inflammation.
