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| Clinical observation of "Xingnao Kaiqiao" acupuncture therapy on aphasia after cerebral infarction |
| Hits 1835 Download times 1220 Received:December 26, 2013 |
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| DOI
10.11656/j.issn.1672-1519.2014.05.06 |
| Key Words
aphasia;Xingnao Kaiqiao;acupuncture |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | CAI Fei | Acupuncture Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | | GU Wen-long | Graduate School, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | | | SHI Xue-min | Acupuncture Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China | tidrshi@msn.com |
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| Abstract
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| [Objective] To study the effect pf Xingnao Kaiqiao(restoring consciousness and waking up the patient from unconsciousness) acupuncture therapy on aphasia after cerebral infarction. [Methods] The 96 patients met the inclusion standard were randomly divided into treatment group of 48 cases treated by Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture therapy; the control group of 48 cases with traditional acupuncture method. After treatment for 4 weeks, we study the curative effect by the standard of Chinese aphasia test. [Results] These two methods could improve the patient's language function. The effective rate of the treatment group was 87.5%, while the effective rate of the control group was 53.3%. The comparison of the total effective rate between two groups showed significant differences (P<0.05). [Conclusion] Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture therapy has good therapeutic effect on aphasia after cerebral infarction. It is better than that of traditional acupuncture treatment. |
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