[Clinical study on acupuncture combined with rehabilitation therapy for treatment of poststroke shoulder-hand syndrome].
OBJECTIVE
To observe therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation therapy on poststroke shoulder-hand syndrome.


METHODS
One hundred and twenty cases of poststroke shoulder-hand syndrome were randomly divided into an acupuncture-rehabilitation group, an acupuncture group and a rehabilitation group, 40 cases in each group. The acupuncture-rehabilitation group were treated with acupuncture at Jianyu (LI 15), Jianqian, Jianliao (TE 14), etc. in combination with motor therapy (rehabilitation training), the acupuncture group with simple acupuncture therapy, and the rehabilitation group with simple motor therapy. Upper extremity motor function, pain, joint activity were used for assessment of therapeutic effects.


RESULTS
The total effective rate of 87.5% in the acupuncture-rehabilitation group was significantly better than 67.5% in the acupuncture group and 65.0% in the rehabilitation group (P<0.01); acupuncture combined with rehabilitation therapy could significantly improve upper limb motor function, pain and joint activity with very significant differences as compared with the acupuncture group and the rehabilitation group (P<0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture combined with rehabilitation therapy has a high cured rate and an obvious therapeutic effect on poststroke shoulder-hand syndrome.
Shang
Yan-Jie
YJ
Section of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Heilongjiang Provincial Academy of TCM, Harbin, China. shangyanjie2003@yahoo.com.cn
Ma
Cheng-Cheng
CC
Cai
Yu-Ying
YY
Wang
Dong-Sheng
DS
Kong
Ling-Li
LL
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D012019:Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy / Q000628:therapy*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation