Therapeutic efficacy of swallowing neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with acupuncture for post-stroke dysphagia
Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;2. Department of Urology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX;2. School of Nursing, Medical College of Soochow University, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China;3. Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China;4. Department of Rehabilitation, Yancheng City No.1 People''s Hospital, Yancheng, Jiangsu, China;1. The First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150060, China (黑龙江中医药大学附属第一医院, 哈尔滨 150060中国);2. Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040,China (黑龙江中医药大学, 哈尔滨 150040中国)
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo seek a better therapy for treating post-stroke dysphagia.MethodsPatients with stroke and swallowing disorders were randomly divided into ordinary acupuncture group (group A, 58 cases) and swallowing neuromuscular electrical stimulation combined with acupuncture group (group B, 62 cases). Two-group patients were given the same basic internal medical treatment. In addition, group A was given normal acupuncture treatment with the choice of local points: Jīnjīn (