title: Effect of "phased whole acupuncture therapy" on ability of daily life in 63 cases of cerebral infarction-induced hemiplegia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect of "phased whole acupuncture therapy" on the ability of daily life (ADL) of the patients with cerebral infarction-induced hemiplegia.
  
  
  METHODS
  113 patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (n=63) treated with phased whole acupuncture and a control group (n=50) treated with traditional acupuncture. After the treatment, the improvement of ADL was compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients in the treatment group obtained satisfactory therapeutic effects in ADL improvement and in lowering of deformed rate, which were superior to those in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The phased whole acupuncture is an effective therapy in treating cerebral infarction-induced hemiplegia, which can better improve the life quality of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, The 2nd Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China.
authors.forename: Yuanqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Liyi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Luojin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xuanming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Dongsheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome