Effect of Pressing Acupuncture Combined with Acupoint Application on Gastric Dynamics in Patients with Intractable Hiccup after Cerebral Infarction
Objective:To analyze the effectof pressing acupuncture combined with acupoint application on gastric dynamics in patients with intractable hiccup after cerebral infarction.Methods:A total of 130 patients were random-ly divided into control group and observation group,with 65 cases in each group.The control group was treated with basic treatment and acupoint application,and the observation group was treated with pressing needle therapy on the basis of the control group.The levels of serum sICAM-1,sVCAM-1 and GMP-140,systolic frequency,systolic ampli-tude,gastric emptying rate,mental state,sleep and diet scores,TCM symptom scores and clinical efficacy were com-pared between the two groups.Results:After treatment,the levels of sICAM-1,sVCAM-1 and GMP-140 in the two groups decreased,and the levels of sICAM-1,sVCAM-1 and GMP-140 in the observation group were lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).After treatment,the systolic frequency,systolic amplitude and gastric emptying rate in the two groups increased,and the systolic frequency,systolic amplitude and gastric emptying rate in the obser-vation group were higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).The scores of mental state,sleep and diet in the two groups increases,and the scores in the observation group were higher than those in the control group(P<0.05).After treatment,the TCM symptom score of the two groups increased,and the observed TCM symptom score was high-er than that of the control group(P<0.05).After treatment,the total effective rate of the observation group(78.46%)was higher than that of the control group(61.54%)(P<0.05).Conclusion:Patients with intractable hiccup after ce-rebral infarction treated by pressing needle therapy combined with acupoint application showed increased systolic fre-quency,systolic amplitude and gastric emptying rate,and the clinical effect was good.
Intractable hiccup after cerebral infarctionAcupressure therapyAcupoint applicationGastric dynamics