Clinical effect of acupuncture therapy with Jing point for vascular dementia
AIM: To observe and evaluate the clinical effect of acupuncture therapy with Jing points on vascular dementia (VD) patients. METHODS: Sixty two VD patients were randomly divided into treatment group of 31 cases and control group of 31 cases and the course of treatment for both groups was 8 weeks. The cognitive function and the social-behavior ability of the patients were evaluated by mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and activity of daily living scale( ADL) before and after the treatment. RESULTS: Evaluations of both MMSE and ADL showed that the cognitive function and behavior ability of both groups were significantly improved after therapy ( P < 0. 01 ). However,the improvement of the treatment group was much better than control group (P <0. 01). CONCLUSION: Acupuncture therapy with Jing points efficiently improves the cognitive function and social-behavior ability in VD patients. Combined treatment of acupuncture and medicine is an effective treatment protocol for VD patients,which also improves their quality of life.
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