title: Clinical study of acupuncture treatment on motor aphasia after stroke.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the safety and effectiveness of the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture treatment for motor aphasia after stroke via clinical studies.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty valid patients were divided into two groups randomly with a ratio of 1:1. The treatment group was the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture group and the control group was the conventional acupuncture group. The two groups underwent testing before and after treatments, which included: the Aphasia Battery of Chinese (ABC), the Chinese functional communication profile (CFCP), and the Boston diagnostic aphasia examination (BDAE).
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the BDAE, CFCP and ABC results showed a significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P< 0.05), indicating that the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture treatment for motor aphasia after stroke can reduce the degree of aphasia and improve patients' daily communication skills more than the conventional acupuncture treatment. The Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture treatment is better than the conventional acupuncture treatments for motor aphasia after stroke, with significantly improved scores for fluency, repetition, naming, and reading.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Both the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture and the conventional acupuncture are effective in the treatment of motor aphasia after stroke. Nevertheless, when compared to the conventional acupuncture, the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture had better efficacy and it is safe as well.
authors.affiliation: The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.|Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Baoan Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Xiuyun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.affiliation: Jinshazhou Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Fuming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000628:therapy*; D002681:China; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014059:Tongue
keywords: Heart-Gallbladder treatment; Motor aphasia; stroke; tongue acupuncture