[Observation on therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture combined with functional training for treatment of peripheral nerve incomplete injury of upper limbs].
OBJECTIVE
To search for the best program for treatment of peripheral nerve incomplete injury.


METHODS
Ninety cases were randomly divided into a treatment group, a control group I and a control group II, 30 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with electroacupuncture at Jianyu (LI 15), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), etc. plus functional training, and the control group I with electroacupuncture and the control group H with functional training. After treatment for 3 months, basic function, practical function, EMG, nerve conduction velocity were compared among the 3 groups.


RESULTS
The good rate of basic function of 50.0%, the curemarkedly effective rate of practical function of 50.0% and the total effective rate of neurophysiology of 64.3% in the treatment group were better than 20.7%, 17.2%, 41.4% in the control group I (P < 0.05) and 23.3%, 20.0% and 36.O7% in the control group II (P 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Electroacupuncture combined with functional training can accelerate nervous repair, promote functional recovery of the denervated muscles, so as to shorten the restoring time of nerve-muscle and increase life quality of the patient.
Xiao
Gui-rong
GR
Liaocheng Municipal People's Hospital, Shandong 252000, China. xiaoyue1018@tom.com
Hao
Hua
H
Zhao
Qiu-ling
QL
Yan
Huan-ying
HY
Shan
Qiu-hua
QH
D000328:Adult; D015671:Electroacupuncture / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D059348:Peripheral Nerve Injuries; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000503:physiopathology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000294:innervation*