Clinical Observation of Electroacupuncture and Rehabilitation Training in Treating Cerebral Infarction / 针灸推拿医学（英文版）

ABSTRACT

Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture and rehabilitation exercises in the treatment of cerebral infarction.Methods:Seventy-four patients with cerebral infarction were randomized into treatment group and control group in visit sequence.Thirty-seven cases in treatment group were treated with electroacupuncture and rehabilitation exercises,and other 37 cases in control group were treated with electroacupuncture alone.The treatment was given once a day and there was a 2-day interval after any consecutive 5 treatments.After total 30 treatments,Fugl-Meyer scale was used to evaluate motor function and Barthel Index to evaluate the activities of daily living.Results:After treatments,the motor function of paralyzed limb and activities of daily living were obviously improved in both groups,with more significant improvement in treatment group than in control group (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Combination of electroacupuncture and rehabilitation exercises has better effects than simple electroacupuncture in the treatment of cerebral infarction.