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Research Archive
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Electroacupuncture regulates stroke proteins
Categories: Stroke, Acupuncture research
In addition to enhancing muscle strength recovery after acute ischaemic stroke (IS), electroacupuncture (EA) appears to regulate the expression of multiple serum proteins that may be beneficial in this situation.
Acupuncture after stroke activates damaged speech centres
Categories: Stroke
Acupuncture can assist language recovery in chronic stroke patients and may be associated with increased activity in the damaged speech area of the brain. Seven chronic stroke patients suffering from aphasia were treated with acupuncture three times a week, over a period of eight weeks. Four acupoints were stimulated on the weak side of the patient's body and no other rehabilitation was given duri ...
Acupuncture can improve endothelial dysfunction in hypertension
Categories: Stroke, Hypertension
A Korean study has shown that acupuncture can improve endothelial dysfunction in patients with hypertension. The pilot, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial randomly assigned 15 patients with essential hypertension to a sequence of four acupuncture treatment phases, each lasting 15 minutes, with a seven-day washout period in between. Needles were inserted at bilateral Zusanli ST-36; Ne ...
Acupuncture effective post-stroke
Categories: Stroke
A systematic review and meta-analysis from Canada demonstrates that acupuncture may be an effective treatment for post-stroke rehabilitation. Thirty-five articles written in Chinese and 21 written in English were included. The overall quality of the studies was judged as fair, and most studies were small. The majority (80%) of studies reported a significant benefit from acupuncture, although many ...
ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE
Categories: Stroke
The aim of this study carried out at the Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital in Norway was to investigate whether acupuncture treatment, if given to stroke patients in the subacute phase (within 40 days of the stroke) in addition to rehabilitation would influence motor function, activity of daily living (ADL) and quality of life. 45 patients (median age 57 years) were randomised into a control group a ...
ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE
Categories: Stroke
A Taiwanese study compared rehabilitation therapy plus non-needling electro stimulation of acupuncture points with rehabilitation therapy alone in the treatment of post-CVA hemiplegia. Electro-acupuncture was given 5 times per week. Patients who received electro-acupuncture had shorter hospital stays and better neurological and functional outcomes. The authors report that this study contrasts with ...
ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE
Categories: Stroke
A Hong Kong study has cast doubt on the benefits of acupuncture for stroke recovery. All 106 patients in the study (3-15 days after stroke) received standard stroke care (physiotherapy, occupational and speech therapy and medical and nursing care) whilst a randomised subgroup also received Chinese manual acupuncture (35 treatment sessions using manual acupuncture on 10 main acupoints over 10 ...
ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE REDUCES POST-STROKE SPASTICITY
Categories: Stroke
A combination of electro-acupuncture and muscle strengthening exercises can significantly reduce the spasticity of the wrist joint in stroke survivors. In a crossover trial, seven chronic stroke subjects (average age 63) received two six-week treatment regimens: combined electro-acupuncture and strengthening twice a week, and strengthening twice a week only. Wrist spasticity was reduced significan ...
ELECTROACUPUNCTURE FOR STROKE
Categories: Stroke
The effects of electroacupuncture for patients with ischaemic stroke have been examined in a randomised controlled study. Sixty-three patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke were divided into study and control groups. Both groups underwent a conventional rehabilitation program and the study group received an additional eight sessions of electroacupuncture over a period of one month. Motor perfor ...
LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROACUPUNCTURE BETTER FOR STROKE RECOVERY
Categories: Stroke
A Korean study suggests that low frequency electroacupuncture (EA) may be more helpful for motor recovery after stroke than high frequency EA. Sixty-two patients with motor dysfunction, hospitalised one week to one month from onset of ischaemic stroke, were treated with 2Hz or 120Hz EA over a two week period. Motor evoked potentials (MEPs, measurements of electrical potential recorded in muscles f ...
Electroacupuncture for motor recovery in chronic stroke
Categories: Stroke
A US pilot study has compared improvement in upper-limb motor function in chronic stroke survivors who received a combination of acupuncture and strength training, with that of subjects who received strength training alone. Ten chronic stroke patients with moderate or severe wrist muscle spasticity were recruited for the study, which used a crossover design with a random order of either combined e ...
ACUPUNCTURE IMPROVES BALANCE IN STROKE PATIENTS
Categories: Stroke
Investigators in Taiwan have found that acupuncture has an immediate effect on improving balance in stroke patients. In a single-blinded, randomised, controlled study, 30 stroke patients were allocated to experimental and control groups. All participants had needles inserted at Baihui DU-20 and at four surrounding points (1.5 cun anterior, posterior and lateral to Baihui DU-20) for 20 minutes. In ...
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