title: [Electroacupuncture for post-stroke urinary incontinence: a multi-center randomized controlled study].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture(EA) for apoplectic urinary incontinence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and four cases of apoplectic urinary incontinence were randomized into an EA group (136 cases) and an indwelling catheter group (68 cases). The EA was applied at Qugu (CV 2), Zhongji (CV 3), Shuidao (ST 28), Qihai (CV 6) and Guanyuan (CV 4), etc. in the EA group,5 times a week. Indwelling catheter was applied in the indwelling catheter group at intervals of 2-4 hours, and periodic bladder irrigation along with bladder rehabilitation training were also given. The efficacies were evaluated after 4 weeks of treatment. Before and after treatment, the urination diary (including the interval of urination, nocturia frequency, urination difficulty, urinary incontinence severity), bladder capacity, patients' satisfaction of the two groups were observed and the efficacy was evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate was 96.2% (125/130) in the EA group, which was apparently superior to 87.5% (56/64) in the indwelling catheter group (P < 0.05); except for nocturia frequency in the indwelling catheter group, the total score and the subitem score in the urination diary were all improved significantly after treatment in both groups (all P < 0.001), which were more obvious in the EA group (P < 0.001, P < 0.05); the patients' satisfaction and bladder capacity were all improved significantly after treatment in both groups (all P < 0.001), which were more obvious in the EA group (both P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The EA has an obvious effect for apoplectic urinary incontinence in urinary incontinence alleviation and bladder capacity increase, which has better efficacy than indwelling catheter therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Wenzhou Hospital of TCM, Wenzhou 325000, Zhejiang Province, China. fenjsun@163.com
authors.forename: Feng-Jun
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Song-He
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Shi-Li
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Tian-Shen
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wen-Zong
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ying-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Long-Shou
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Xiao-Xia
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun-Hui
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Hai-Fei
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Bi-Hong
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Ye
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000628:therapy*