Clinical Observation Of Electroacupuncture On Foot Inversion After Stroke

Background and purposeWith the social development and progress, China has entered the aging society, and stroke has become common in China and worldwide, occurring disease. Because of the mortality, morbidity high, greatly reducing the patient's quality of life and increased the burden on the patient's family life, health and progress of human society a great impact. In recent years, improved quality of life for society the incidence of the disease showed an increasing trendElectroacupuncture group and the contrast of ordinary acupuncture group after treatment for stroke patients in the treatment of foot inversion was observed before and after treatment the degree of varus foot, lower limb function, walking ability, neurological impairment, activities of daily living and the occurrence of adverse events, study After acupuncture treatment for stroke patients in the efficacy of foot inversion, feasibility and safety, as more reasonable and more effective clinical treatment program provides a more secure basis.MethodsIn this study, randomized controlled clinical trial, all patients were started from January 2010 to February 2011 period, the Department of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Hospital of Wuhan encephalopathy inpatient diagnosed as stroke patients and 80 standard cases.48 patients were male, female 32 cases; the oldest 79-year-old patient, the youngest patient 40-years-old; 17 cases of hemorrhagic stroke,63 cases of ischemic stroke. In accordance with the admission randomly divided into acupuncture group (treatment group) and normal acupuncture group (control group), electro-acupuncture group were Yanglingquan, Zu San Li, Fu Yang, Qiu Xu, Zhao Hai five points, acupuncture may air after, to impose the line reinforcing-reducing needle technique, a total of about 3 minutes. And tarsus taken Yanglingquan yang 1 on the needle handle connected G6805-D electric acupuncture apparatus, to impose a continuous wave, frequency 50-60HZ,1-2 mA stimulation amplitude to emerge in the size of dorsiflexion action or the patient can tolerate the degree of power for 30 minutes/session; common acupoints in acupuncture group with the electroacupuncture group, acupuncture was gas, subjected to the line reinforcing-reducing needle technique, a total of about 3 minutes, the needle for 30 minutes. Once a day treatment, therapeutic treatment for a course of six, six times a day off after treatment, the treatment after three courses are full of therapeutic evaluation. Blinded assessment of patients before and after foot inversion conditions, lower extremity Brunnstom stage, walking ability situation, activities of daily living compared to the situation and the two groups of adverse events during treatment were compared.Results1. Electroacupuncture treatment and regular acupuncture treatment can be effective in improving stroke patients varus position, but the treatment effect of acupuncture was better than ordinary acupuncture.2. Compared with ordinary acupuncture, electroacupuncture security very simple, easily patients.3. Electroacupuncture treatment can promote the recovery of stroke patients with hemiplegia recovery of limb motor function, walking ability conditions, neurological deficit situation and the activities of daily living conditions have been effectively improved, reduced disability, reduced the economic pressure to improve the quality of life,-and the operation is simple and safe.