Clinical Study of Hand-Foot 12 Needling Combined with Dredging Meridians and Activating Du Channel Tuina in Treatment of Hemiplegia after Ischemic Stroke
Objective:To investigate the curative effect of hand-foot 12 needling combined with dredging meridians and activating Du channel Tuina in treatment of hemiplegia after ischemic stroke.Methods:A total of 176 patients with hemiplegia after ischemic stroke were divided into the control group(n=90)and the observation group(n=86)by block randomized method.The control group was given dredging meridians and activating Du channel Tuina therapy;on which basis,the observation group was also treated with hand-foot 12 needling.The clinical efficacy,limb motor function,Barthel index score,SS-QOL score and NIHSS score,TCM symptoms score and serum levels of IL-6,TNF-α and MMP-9 were compared between the two groups.Results:After the treatment,the total effective rate of the observation group was 96.51%(83/86)which was higher than 77.78%(70/90)of the control group(P<0.01).The scores of FMA-LE and FMA-UE were significantly increased after the treatment compared with those before the treatment in the two groups(P<0.05),and the increases were more significant in the observation group(P<0.01).The scores of main symptoms and secondary symptoms,as well as the total scores of TCM were significantly decreased after the treatment compared with those before the treatment in the two groups(P<0.05),and the decreases were more significant in the observation group(P<0.01).The Barthel index score,SS-QOL score and NIHSS score were significantly improved after the treatment compared with those before the treatment in the two groups(P<0.01),and the improvements were more obvious in the observation group(P<0.01).The serum levels of IL-6,TNF-α and MMP-9 were significantly reduced after the treatment compared with those before the treatment in the two groups(P<0.01),and the reductions were more significant in the observation group(P<0.01).Conclusion:Hand-foot 12 needling combined with dredging meridians and activating Du channel Tuina has a good effect in treatment of hemiplegia after ischemic stroke.
Hand-foot needlingDredging meridians and activating Du channel TuinaIschemic strokeHemiplegia