Clinical Observation of Electroacupuncture in Treating Spastic Paralysis Following Cerebral Infarction

目的察电针治疗脑梗死后痉挛性瘫的临床疗效.方法符合标准的以痉挛性瘫为主的脑梗死病例60例随机分为对照组和治疗组两组,每组30例.对照组采用传统针刺法,治疗组根据拮抗针法原理加用电针,两组均应用常规药物及头针.结果治疗组治疗前后比较、对照组治疗前后比较、治疗组与对照组治疗后组间比较,患者的临床神经功能缺损程度(NFI)评分及临床疗效评分经统计学处理差异均有统计学意义.结论电针与传统针刺法治疗脑梗死后痉挛性瘫均有临床疗效,且在治疗效果上电针明显优于传统针刺.

Clinical observation of electroacupuncture in treating spastic paralysis following cerebral infarction

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture in treating spastic paralysis following cerebral infarction. Methods Sixty patients with spastic paralysis after cerebral infarction were randomly allocated into control group and treatment group, 30 cases each. The control group was treated with conventional acupuncture and the treatment group was treated with conventional acupuncture plus electroacupuncture according to the principle of antagonistic acupuncture. Both groups were given routine drugs and scalp acupuncture treatment. Results Statistical analysis showed significant differences in NFI score and clinical curative effect score between pretreatment and posttreatment in the treatment and control groups and between the treatment and control groups. Conclusion Both electroacupuncture and conventional acupuncture have clinical curative effect on spastic paralysis following cerebral infarction, but the curative effect of electroacupuncture is significantly superior to that of conventional acupuncture. Author: WU Zhuang (1980–), female, MD