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[Effect on the motor function of stroke patients by combination of needling at Back-shu point and trunk exercise]
Jun-hua Wang1, Qing-tao He, Jia-cheng Zhou
1Department of Acupuncture-Rehabilitation Medicine, Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510095. jhwang0525@yahoo.com.cn
Objective:
To study the effect on the motor function of stroke patients by combination of needling at Back-shu point and trunk exercise.
Methods:
Ninety stroke hemiplegic patients were randomly assigned to the conventional treatment group (as the convention group), the Back-shu point needling group, and the combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise group, 30 patients in each group. They were treated with the conventional treatment, needling at Back-shu point, and the combination of needling at Back-shu point and trunk exercise. The Fugl-Meyer score (FMA) and modified Barthel index (MBI) score were assessed before treatment and two months after treatment.
Results:
The three rehabilitation treatment methods were all effective in improving the motor function of stroke hemiplegic patients (P<0.05). The effects in the Back-shu point needling group and the combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise group were respectively superior to that in the conventional treatment group (P<0.05). The effect in the combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise group was superior to that in the Back-shu point needling group (P<0.05).
Conclusion:
The combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise could improve the motor function of stroke hemiplegic patients, and its effect was better than needling at Back-shu point alone.