[Effect of acupuncture-moxibustion combined with nerve growth factor on compensation of cerebral function in the children of cerebral palsy].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the compensation of cerebral function in acupuncture for rehabilitation of cerebral palsy.


METHODS
One hundred children of cerebral palsy were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 50 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with scalp acupuncture at the Motor Area, Foot Motor Sensory Area and Equilibrium Area, body acupuncture at Binao (LI 14), Fengchi (GB 20), Huantiao (GB 30), etc. and injection of nerve growth factor into Zusanli (ST 36), in combination with rehabilitation training; the control group were treated only with rehabilitation training. Their clinical therapeutic effects and recoveries of brain lesion detected by CT, SEPCT were investigated.


RESULTS
The total effective rate was 84.0% in the treatment group better than 52.0% of the control group. After treatment, the development quotient (DQ) in the treatment group was higher than the control group (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture can promote compensation of cerebral function in the children of cerebral palsy.
Liu
Zhen-huan
ZH
Rehabilitation Center for Cerebral Palsy, Affiliated Nanhai Hospital of Maternity and Child, Guangzhou University of TCM, Foshan 528200, China. lzh1958424@hotmail.com
Qi
Yan-chao
YC
Pan
Pei-guang
PG
Ma
Mei-mei
MM
Qian
Xu-guang
XG
Fu
Wen-jie
WJ
Zhang
Hong-yan
HY
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009071:Moxibustion / Q000379:methods*; D020932:Nerve Growth Factor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D020932:Nerve Growth Factor