[Clinical observation on point-through-point acupuncture for treatment of cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy].
OBJECTIVE
To observe therapeutic effect of point-through-point acupuncture on cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy and evaluate the safety.


METHODS
Random, parallel control, single blind and multicentral study method was used and 224 cases from 4 hospitals were divided equally into a treatment group and a control group, 112 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with point-through-point acupuncture and the control group with general needling method. Their symptoms and signs, and the effect on transcranial Doppler's method (TCD) were investigated.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 93.3% in the treatment group which was better than 77.4% in the control group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01), and the point-through-point acupuncture could significantly improve TCD of basilar artery, vertebral artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (Vs, Vm, Vd, PI, RI), superior to the control group.


CONCLUSIONS
The point-through-point acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effect on cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy and good safety.
Wang
Shun
S
Provincial Academy of TCM, Harbin 150036, China. hljwang@yahoo.com.cn
Cai
Yu-ying
YY
Hu
Bing-cheng
BC
Lu
Jin-rong
JR
Sun
Zhong-ren
ZR
Zhang
Ya-li
YL
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia; D006801:Humans; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy