title: Clinical observation on treatment of ischemic apoplexy by electroacupuncture plus acupoint-injection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effects of electroacupuncture plus acupoint-injection for ischemic apoplexy.
  
  
  METHODS
  78 cases of ischemic apoplexy were randomly divided into a treatment group of 39 cases treated by electroacupuncture plus acupoint-injection and a control group of 39 cases treated by electroacupuncture alone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The neural functional defect score (NFDS) decreased while the functional independence mark (FIM) increased with obvious significant differences before and after treatment in both of the two groups. And there were very remarkable differences between the two groups in the changes of both NFDS and FIM after treatment (P<0.01), showing better results in the treatment group than that of the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Electroacupuncture plus acupoint-injection can promote the recovery of the neural function for the ischemic apoplexy patients and markedly enhance their daily living ability, with better effects than that in patients treated by electroacupuncture alone.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture Department of Beijing Coal Miners' General Hospital, Beijing 100028, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoning
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lijuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yali
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal