title: [Clinical experiences on acupuncture for treatment of cerebellar ataxia after stroke].
abstract: To introduce the authors' clinical experiences on acupuncture for treatment of cerebellar ataxia after stroke. Through the past five years in clinical practice, the authors summed up and classified a series of treatment protocols based on personal clinical experiences. And these treatment protacols applied to treat cerebella ataxia after stroke are: needling in row at occipitoposterior region; scattered needling at forehead, vertex of head and temporal area; skillful application of acupoints for opening orifices or restoring resuscitation; combination of cervical Jiaji points (cervical paravertebral points), and body acupuncture according to the syndrome differentiation etc., which showed preferable therapeutic effect in clinic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University of TCM, Hangzhou 310005, China. cxj1019@sina.com
authors.forename: Xiao-jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fang
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D002524:Cerebellar Ataxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*