Influence of therapeutic effect of acupoint sticking at Shenque (CV 8) for treatment of stroke patients

• Published in: Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ Vol. 29; no. 9; p. 695
• Main Authors: Zhou, Wei, Lü, Hui, Suo, Feng-shuang, Wang, Li-ping, Xie, Yue, Liu, Miao, Feng, Yong-wei, Li, Zhi-liang, Liu, Yu, Liu, Hai-xuan, Zhang, Shu-yuan, Guo, Jun, Gu, Shen, Gao, Sen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 01.09.2009
• Subjects: Acupuncture Points; Acupuncture Therapy; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Stroke - psychology; Stroke - therapy; Thinking
• ISSN: 0255-2930

To observe the therapeutic effect of acupoint sticking therapy for treatment of stroke. Two hundred and forty-six cases were randomly divided into a non-acupoint sticking group (control group, n=122) and an acupoint sticking group (n=124). The control group was treated with routine ward treatment of stroke (acupuncture combined with routine western medicine). The acupoint sticking group was treated with basis ward treatment of stroke (similar to the control group), and acupoint sticking therapy was applicated on Shenque (CV 8). The scores of Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QOL) and WHOQOL-100BREF were adopted to evaluate the therapeutic effects and the cysteine of patients were tested before and after treatment. There were significant differences in scores comparison of SS-QOL and WHOQOL-100BREF before and after treatment in both groups (both P < 0.001); there was no significant difference after treatment between two groups (P > 0.05); there was a significant difference in thinking items of SS-QOL after t