Effect of acupuncture myofascial trigger points in the treatment of cerebral arterial thrombosis spasm

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Effect of acupuncture myofascial trigger points in the treatment of cerebral arterial thrombosis spasm

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Intl J of Clin Acupunct (2016), Long, Jiajia; Zhuang, Xiaoqiang; Tan, Shusheng; Yan, Liyan.

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Objective: To study the clinical curative effect of acupuncture myofascial trigger points in the treatment of cerebral arterial thrombosis spasm. Methods: 75 patients with cerebral arterial thrombosis spasm in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, at the National Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from February 2010 to December 2012 were divided into an acupuncture myofascial trigger points group (treatment group, 38 cases) and a traditional acupuncture group (control group, 37) according to the random number table with single-blind method. the Fugl-Meyer motor function score, Barthel index of daily life ability, degree of hemiplegic limb spasm, overall evaluation of spasticity comprehensive efficacy evaluation and clinical nerve function defect score of two groups before treatment and after 1, 2 courses of treatment were evaluated. The data were statistically analyzed by SPSS 17.0 statistics software. Results: The Fugl-Meyer motor function score, Barthel index of daily life ability, modified Ashworth scale, clinic spasticity index and nerve function defect score after 2 course of treatment in the treatment group were better than those before treatment, after 1 course of treatment in the treatment group and after 2 course of treatment in the control group (all P<0.05). The total effective rate of the treatment group (92.11%) was better than that of the control group (75.68%) (P<0.05). Conclusion: Acupuncture myofascial trigger points in the treatment of cerebral arterial thrombosis spasm has good clinical curative effect, less side effects and it is worthy of clinical application.

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Intl J of Clin Acupunct

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English

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1047-1979

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4

page end

291

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288

volume

25

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