Abdominal Needle Therapy For Stroke Recovery Of Lower Limb Dyskinesia Clinical Observation

This thesis is Clinical Observation of Abdominal Acupuncture combined with conventional Acupuncture on Lower Limb Disorder of Stroke Patients. It is divided into two parts, Literature review and Clinical study. Literature review includes the understanding of Chinese and Western medicine on stroke, which is about the treatment of stroke and awareness of abdominal acupuncture. Clinical study includes clinical data, research methodology, results, and discussion about stroke clinical observation of abdominal acupuncture combined with conventional acupuncture.Objective:To assess the therapeutic effect of abdominal acupuncture com bined with conventional acupuncture on lower limb disorder of stroke patients.Methods:A total of40stroke patients with lower limb disorder were randomly divided into control group (n=20) and treatment group (n20). Acupuncture was applied to acupoints of conventional acupuncture including Baihui (DU20), Fengfu (DU16), Jianyu (L115), Quchi (L111), Hegu (L14), Waiguan (SJ5), Huantiao (GB30), Yanglingquan (GB334), Zusanli (GB36), Sanyinjiao (SP6), Taichong (LR3), with adjunct points added according to the dialectical results. The treatment group was treated with both method of abdominal acupuncture and conventional acupuncture. The acupoints of conventional acupuncture is the same with control group. The prescription of abdominal acupuncture was YinQiGuiYuan (Zhongwan (CV12), Xiawan (CV10), Qihai (CV6), Guanyuan (CV4)), Fusiguan (Huaroumen (ST24), Wailing (ST26)), Shangfengshidian and Xiafengshidian corresponding to the affected limb. The treatment was conducted once daily,5sessions a week without Saturday and Sunday, and for4weeks. The FMA and MBI scores were counted before and at28days after treatment.Results:Both group showed a significant improvement on the FMA and MBI score and had statistically significant difference between them (P>0.05). The treatment group is better than the control group. Otherwise, we have also observed that the treatment group is effective for patients in different ages.Conclusion:Abdominal acupuncture combined with body acupuncture can significantly improve the lower limb motor function of stroke patients, and has a good synergistic effect.