title: [Clinical observation on electroacupuncture for treatment of peripheral facial paralysis at different stages].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To probe into the optimal opportunity of electroacupuncture for treatment of peripheral facial paralysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twenty cases were randomly divided into group A and B, 60 cases in each group. The group A were treated by electroacupuncture and ultrashort-wave from the acute stage and the group B were treated by ultrashort-wave at the acute stage and ultrashort-wave plus electroacupuncture at the resting stage.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cured and markedly effective rate was 85.0% and the total effective rate was 98.3% in the group A, and 68.3% and 91.7% in the group B respectively (P < 0.05); there was no significant difference between the two groups in abnormal myoelectrogram before treatment and at the 8th day (P > 0.05); but at the 30th day the number of cases in whom BR wave turned to normal or mild abnormal in the group A were more than those in the group B (P < 0.05), and the shortening of the latent period of M wave and increase of the wave amplitude were significantly better than those in the group B (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Electroacupuncture at acute stage can significantly increase the cured and markedly effective rate, and the acute stage is the optimal opportunity for acupuncture treatment of peripheral facial paralysis.
authors.affiliation: The First Hospital of Danjiangkou City, Hubei 442700, China. ququnwei@tom.com
authors.forename: Qun-Wei
authors.initials: QW
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xiong
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans