title: [Effect on the motor function of stroke patients by combination of needling at Back-shu point and trunk exercise].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the effect on the motor function of stroke patients by combination of needling at Back-shu point and trunk exercise.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety stroke hemiplegic patients were randomly assigned to the conventional treatment group (as the convention group), the Back-shu point needling group, and the combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise group, 30 patients in each group. They were treated with the conventional treatment, needling at Back-shu point, and the combination of needling at Back-shu point and trunk exercise. The Fugl-Meyer score (FMA) and modified Barthel index (MBI) score were assessed before treatment and two months after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The three rehabilitation treatment methods were all effective in improving the motor function of stroke hemiplegic patients (P<0.05). The effects in the Back-shu point needling group and the combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise group were respectively superior to that in the conventional treatment group (P<0.05). The effect in the combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise group was superior to that in the Back-shu point needling group (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The combination of Back-shu point needling and the trunk exercise could improve the motor function of stroke hemiplegic patients, and its effect was better than needling at Back-shu point alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture-Rehabilitation Medicine, Second Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510095. jhwang0525@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Jun-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qing-tao
authors.initials: QT
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jia-cheng
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation