title: [Effect of acupuncture-moxibustion combined with nerve growth factor on compensation of cerebral function in the children of cerebral palsy].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Rehabilitation Center for Cerebral Palsy, Affiliated Nanhai Hospital of Maternity and Child, Guangzhou University of TCM, Foshan 528200, China. lzh1958424@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Zhen-huan
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan-chao
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Pei-guang
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Mei-mei
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xu-guang
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Wen-jie
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Hong-yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D020932:Nerve Growth Factor