| Objective: To study the curative effect of cluster needling scalp point therapy integrated with rehabilitation training on the convalescence stage in treating the patients who are handicapped in equilibrium function after the cerebral infarction in order to decrease the extent of the handicap of equilibrium function and provide a new idea and an objective evidence for the clinical practice.Methods: Sixty cases with handicap in equilibrium function after cerebral infarction were randomly divided into the treatment group and the control group, each of the group contained 30 cases. The control group took conventional functional training, the treatment group took acupuncture treatment on the base of conventional functional training. Both groups were given the rehabilitation assessment before and after the treatment. The rehabilitation assessment included the following parts: (1)To assess the equilibrium function by measuring the Berg balance integral and sheikh integral of the patients. (2)To assess the motorial function by using the Fugl-Meyer appraisal table, and assess the ability of activities of daily living by the Bathel Indexs appraisal table.Results: (1) There was a significant improvement of equilibrium function, motorial function and the ability activities of daily living before and after treatment in both the treatment group and the control group. There was a statistical difference each of the two groups. (P<0.05). (2) There was a statistical difference of equilibrium function, motorial function and the ability activities of daily living between the treatment group and the control group after the treatment(P<0.05).Conclusion: 1 The cluster needling scalp point therapy integrated with the rehabilitation training and the only rehabilitation training can improve the equilibrium function of patients after the cerebral infarction, and the compositive rehabilitation therapy is more effective than simplex function training.2 The cluster needling scalp point therapy integrated with the rehabilitation training and the only rehabilitation training can improve motorial function and the ability activities of daily living of patients after the cerebral infarction, and the compositive rehabilitation therapy is more effective than simplex function training. |
