title: [Effect of alternative administration of scalp-acupuncture, body-acupuncture and abdominal-acupuncture on the upper-limb dyscinesia in patients with stroke].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect of combined treatment of apoplectic upper-limb dyscinesia with scalp-acupuncture, body-acupuncture and abdominal-acupuncture in stroke patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 222 stroke patients were randomized into treatment group (n = 133) and control group (n = 89) according to the random number table method. For patients of treatment group, scalp-point used was Motor Area (MS 6); body acupoints were Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Shousanli (LI 10), etc; and abdominal acupoints Zhongwan (CV 12), Qihai (CV 6), etc. For patients in control group, only the same body acupoints were used. Acupuncture treatment was given once daily for 5 weeks. The therapeutic effects were evaluated by Fugl-Meyer motor function assessment (FMA) and Barthel-index (BI) scores.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In comparison with pre-treatment, FMA score and BI score increased significantly 5 weeks, 1 and 3 months in treatment group, 1 and 3 months in control group (P < 0.01). Comparison between two groups showed that both FMA score and BI score of treatment group were markedly higher than those of control group 5 weeks, 1 and 3 months after the treatment (P < 0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Alternative administration of scalp-acupuncture, body-acupuncture and abdominal acupuncture can effectively improve stroke patients' upper-limb motor function, and its effect is obviously better than that of simple body acupuncture.
authors.affiliation: The Stroke Ward, Huguosi Chinese Medicine Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100035, China. dzhouwei@sina.com
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Li-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhi-Gang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Yong-Wei
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lv
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology*