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Effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation on cognitive and motor functions in poststroke patients |
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| Authors: | Xiao Bao Li Li Howe Liu Hong-Fei Shi Shu Xu Ming-Hong Wang Ju-Ying Xie |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, China;2. Department of Radiology, Yuebei People's Hospital, Shaoguan, China Contribution: Data curation, Writing - review & editing;3. Department of Physical Therapy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA Contribution: Methodology, Supervision;4. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China;5. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Shaoguan Railway Hospital, Shaoguan, China Contribution: Resources;6. Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Xiangnan University, Chenzhou, China |
| Abstract: | The aim of the study was to explore the effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation on cognitive and motor functions in poststroke patients. All patients were divided into Group A and Group B based on different interventions (Group A: acupuncture + conventional rehabilitation, Group B: conventional rehabilitation alone). Acupuncture was conducted once a day, five times a week for 8 weeks, and rehabilitation (including physical therapy and occupational therapy) was conducted for 2 hr per session, once a day, five times a week for 8 weeks. Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) and Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) were used to assess the motor and cognitive functions at baseline and the end of 8 weeks. After the intervention, FMA and MMSE scores were improved significantly in the two groups (p <.05), compared with the scores prior to intervention. After 8 weeks of intervention, a statistically significant difference in the FMA and MMSE scores was observed between the Group A and the Group B. The results suggested that the combined intervention is more effective than the conventional rehabilitation alone in improving cognitive and motor functions in poststroke patients. |
| Keywords: | acupuncture cognitive function motor function stroke traditional Chinese medicine 脑卒中 针灸 认知功能 运动功能 中国传统医学 |