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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

電針對腦中風後異常感覺治療初步探討

Abstract

In a prospective study we applied electroacupuncture, according to the concepts of Traditional Chinese Medicine and previous studies of electrostimulation, to patients suffering from post-stroke paresthesia.Electroacupuncture over the head and limbs was applied to 20 patients with post-stroke paresthesia. All patients received brain CT scan examination of which most revealed subcortical lesions (19 subcorlicai lesions and 1middle cerebral arterial territory infarction). The duration of treatment was thirty minutes and each patient received electroacupuncture treatment once per week for 3 months. The evaluation of the treatment effect was according to the patient's self-estimation using a visual analogue scale. The results demonstrated improvement in 15 patients (75%) (more than 30% relief of the paresthesia); obvious improvement in 1 I patients (55%)(more than 50% relief) and a small improvement in 4 patients (20%) (the degree of relief between 30% and 50%) and no improvement in 5 patients (25%),There was a greater improvement in patients With severe symptoms as compared with moderate and mild cases. At present, the exact mechanism of the treatment effect is still unknown.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

85

Last Page

89

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