[Clinical observation on children with language disorder of cerebral palsy treated by acupuncture].
OBJECTIVE
To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture on language disorder of cerebral palsy.


METHODS
Ninety-eight cases of language disorder of cerebral palsy were randomly divided into an acupuncture group (n = 76) and a control group (n = 22). The acupuncture group were treated by needling main acupoints Sishenzhen, Niesanzhen, Naosanzhen, Zhisanzhen, Shesanzhen, Fengchi (GB 20) and Yamen (GV 15), and the control group by oral administration of pyrithioxine 0.1-0.2 g and gamma-aminobutyric acid, thrice each day, and intramuscular injection of 2 mL nerve growth factor, once daily. They all were treated for 4 months.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 86.8% in the acupuncture group and 59.1% in the control group with very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.001), and early treatment in the acupuncture group had a better therapeutic effect.


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture has obvious improvement action on language disorder in the children of cerebral palsy.
Zhang
Quan-Ming
QM
College of Acupuncture & Massage, Guangzhou TCM University, Guangdong 510405, China.
Jin
Rui
R
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000284:Administration, Oral; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders