Electrical Stimulation And Acupuncture For Dysphagia In Acute Stroke

Objective:To investigate the effect of electrical stimulation and acupuncture onpatients with post-stroke bulbar palsy, in order to provide effective optionfor the patients with post-stroke bulbar palsy.Methods:40post-stroke true bulbar paralysis patients and40post-strokepseudobulbaral paralysis patients were randomly assigned into electricalstimulation group and acupuncture group, that is, true bulbar paralysis-electrical stimulation group, true bulbar paralysis-acupuncture group,pseudobulbaral paralysis-electrical stimulation group, pseudobulbaralparalysis-acupuncture group. Based on the early rehabilitation training,these four groups were treated with electrical stimulation or acupuncturefor10days.Results:There were no significant differences in the response rate of electricalstimulation group and acupuncture group among pseudobulbaral paralysispatients,90%and85%respectively(p>0.05). Whereas, among the true bulbar paralysis patients, the response rate of electrical stimulation groupwas significantly higher than those of acupuncture group,80%and45%respectively(p<0.05).Conclusion:Both of electrical stimulation or acupuncture combined withrehabilitation training could be treated with post-stroke pseudobulbaralparalysis patients. For post-stroke true bulbar paralysis patients, it is betterto choose electrical stimulation combined with rehabilitation training.