Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine Integrated With Conventional Rehabilitation for Post-stroke Functional Recovery: A Retrospective Cohort Study

• Published in: Frontiers in neuroscience Vol. 16; p. 851333
• Main Authors: Tseng, Cheng-Yu, Hsu, Pei-Shan, Lee, Chang-Ti, Huang, Hui-Fen, Lan, Chou-Chin, Hsieh, Tsung-Han, Liu, Guan-Ting, Kuo, Chan-Yen, Wang, Ming-Chieh, Hsieh, Po-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 16.03.2022; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Acupuncture; Aphasia; Cohort analysis; Disability; Disease; Dysphagia; Hemorrhage; Herbal medicine; Hospitals; Injuries; integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine; Ischemia; Medical records; Mortality; Neuroscience; Patients; Physicians; Population; post-stroke rehabilitation; Quality of life; Recovery of function; Rehabilitation; Spasticity; Stroke; traditional Chinese herbal medicine; Traditional Chinese medicine; Taiwan; integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine; acupuncture; post-stroke rehabilitation; activities of daily living; traditional Chinese herbal medicine

Stroke leads to tremendous impacts on patients and the healthcare system. It is crucial to explore the potential management of rehabilitation. Acupuncture and traditional Chinese herbal medicine (TCHM) integrated with conventional rehabilitation benefit post-stroke functional recovery. We retrospect...