title: [Effect of acupuncturing houxi and shenmen in treating cerebral traumatic dementia].
abstract: Sixty-two cerebral traumatic dementia patients were randomly divided into two groups: acupuncture group (32 cases) and physiotherapy group (30 cases). The changes of mini-mental status examination (MMSE) scores and auditory evoked potential P300 were observed before and after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  marked effective rate and effective rate of acupuncture group were 46.9% and 81.3% respectively, significantly higher than 10.0% and 30.0% of physiotherapy group (P < 0.01). It was found that after treatment the above-mentioned indexes in acupuncture group changed significantly (P < 0.05 - 0.001), while in physiotherapy group were not (P > 0.05). The therapeutic effect in acupuncture group was better than that in physiotherapy group (P < 0.001). The results confirmed that the cognitive function of cerebral traumatic dementia patients was enhanced effectively with acupuncturing at Houxi and Shemen.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z W
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lou
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged