A multicentral randomized control study on clinical acupuncture treatment of Bell's palsy.
J Tradit Chin Med
; 26(1): 3-7, 2006 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To confirm the clinical therapeutic effects of acupuncture and moxibustion on Bell's palsy.METHODS:
480 cases from 4 hospitals were enrolled for this study, among whom 439 cases completed the whole course of the study. The patients were randomly divided into the following 3 groups, a control group(treated with prednisone, vitamin B1, vitamin B12 and dibazol), an acu-moxibustion group (treated with filiform needle plus moxibustion), and a basic treatment plus acu-moxibustion group (treated with oral medicine like those in the control group plus acupuncture, and with moxibustion like in the acu-moxibustion group). The whole treatment course lasted 4 weeks. The therapeutic effects were evaluated according to the symptoms and signs, House-Brackmann grading scale and facial disability indexes(FDI).RESULTS:
All the 4 centers (hospitals) completed this study well, with no statistically significant difference found among the 4 centers in therapeutic effects. The patients with different conditions were well distributed in the 3 groups, thus the basic general data were comparable (P > 0.05). The therapeutic effects of the two treatment groups were better than the control group (respectively P < 0.05 and P < 0.01), and it was the best in the acu-moxibustion group (P < 0.01).CONCLUSION:
Acupuncture and moxibustion may exert definite therapeutic effects on Bell's palsy, better than that of the basic treatment group or the basic treatment plus acu-moxibustion group.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Terapia por Acupuntura
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Parálisis de Bell
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Moxibustión
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Tradit Chin Med
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China