[Scalp-acupuncture plus body-acupuncture for treatment of spastic cerebral palsy and its effects on bone density and trace elements in the diseased children].
OBJECTIVE
To observe therapeutic effect of scalp-acupuncture plus body-acupuncture on spastic cerebral palsy and its effects on bone density and blood trace elements Ca, Cu, Zn, and Fe in the children with spastic cerebral palsy.


METHODS
Eighty children of spastic cerebral palsy were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 40 cases in each group. The observation group were treated with scalp-acupuncture plus body-acupuncture combined with body therapy and performance therapy, and the control group with simple body therapy and performance therapy, once each day, for 3 courses, 30 days constituting one course. Changes of bone density and the trace elements were compared before and after treatment.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 87.5% in the observation group and 67.5% in the control group with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05); after treatment, the bone density and blood Ca, Cu, Zn and Fe contents in the two groups significantly increased (P < 0.05, P < 0.01) with the observation group being superior to the control group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
The scalp-acupuncture plus body-acupuncture combined with body therapy and performance therapy can improve bone density and contents of trace elements in the children of spastic cerebral palsy, and has a definite therapeutic effect on spastic cerebral palsy.
Department of Human Sciences, Hebei Sports College, Shijiazhuang 050041, China. huangma680211@163.com
Mao
M
Huang
Huan-fang
HF
Fan
Shu-en
SE
Lei
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D015519:Bone Density; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D012535:Scalp; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000097:blood*
D014131:Trace Elements