[Effect of Jin's three-needle combined with MyoTrac biostimulation therapy on upper limb function in children with...

To compare the therapeutic effect among Jin 's three-needle combined with MyoTrac biostimulation therapy, simple Jin's three-needle and simple MyoTrac biostimulation therapy on upper limb function in children with spastic hemiplegia.

A total of 120 children with spastic hemiplegia were randomized into an observation group, a control group 1 and a control group 2, 40 cases in each group. Conventional occupational therapy was adopted in each group. Additionally, Jin's three-needle therapy was applied in the control group 1, scalp acupuncture and body acupuncture were sustained for 1 h and 30 min respectively, once a day, 5 times a week; MyoTrac biostimulation therapy was adopted in the control group 2, once a day, 15 min each time, 5 times a week; Jin 's three-needle combined with MyoTrac biostimulation therapy were given in the observation group. Two months were as one course, and totally 3 courses were required in the 3 groups. Before treatment and 2, 4, 6 months into treatment, the standard grasping score (sGr) and the standard visual-motor integration score (sVI) of Peabody developmental motor scales-2 (PDMS-2), the modified Ashworth scale (MAS) grade and active range of movement (AROM) of wrist joints were recorded in the 3 groups.

Compared before treatment, sGr of 4, 6 months into treatment was increased in the observation group (P<0.05), sGr of 6 months into treatment was increased in the control group 1 and the control group 2 (P<0.05); sVI of 2, 4, 6 months into treatment was increased in the observation group (P<0.05), sVI of 6 months into treatment was increased in the control group 1 and the control group 2 (P<0.05). sGr and sVI of 6 months into treatment in the observation group were higher than those in the control group 1 and the control group 2 (P<0.05). Compared before treatment, the MAS grade of 6 months into treatment was improved in the 3 groups (P<0.05), and that in the observation group was superior to the control group 1 and the control group 2 (P<0.05).

Jin 's three-needle combined with MyoTrac biostimulation therapy can effectively improve the fine function and muscle tone of upper limbs in children with spastic hemiplegia, and the improvement is superior to the simple Jin 's three-needle and the MyoTrac biostimulation therapy.