[Influence of therapeutic effect of acupoint sticking at Shenque (CV 8) for treatment of stroke patients].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the therapeutic effect of acupoint sticking therapy for treatment of stroke.


METHODS
Two hundred and forty-six cases were randomly divided into a non-acupoint sticking group (control group, n=122) and an acupoint sticking group (n=124). The control group was treated with routine ward treatment of stroke (acupuncture combined with routine western medicine). The acupoint sticking group was treated with basis ward treatment of stroke (similar to the control group), and acupoint sticking therapy was applicated on Shenque (CV 8). The scores of Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QOL) and WHOQOL-100BREF were adopted to evaluate the therapeutic effects and the cysteine of patients were tested before and after treatment.


RESULTS
There were significant differences in scores comparison of SS-QOL and WHOQOL-100BREF before and after treatment in both groups (both P < 0.001); there was no significant difference after treatment between two groups (P > 0.05); there was a significant difference in thinking items of SS-QOL after treatment between two groups (P < 0.05), the acupoint sticking group was superior to that of control group; SS-QOL score of patients with abnormal cysteine of acupoint sticking group was superior to that of the control group after treatment, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
The acupoint sticking therapy can improve the thinking ability of stroke patients, and improve the life quality of high cysteine stroke patients.
Department, Huguosi TCM Hospital Affiliated to Beijing University of CM, Beijing 100035, China. dzhouwei@sina.com
Wei
W
Zhou
Hui
H
Lü
Feng-shuang
FS
Suo
Li-ping
LP
Wang
Yue
Y
Xie
Miao
M
Liu
Yong-wei
YW
Feng
Zhi-liang
ZL
Li
Yu
Y
Liu
Hai-xuan
HX
Liu
Shu-yuan
SY
Zhang
Jun
J
Guo
Shen
S
Gu
Sen
S
Gao
D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013850:Thinking