Clinical observation on point-through-point acupuncture for treatment of cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy
Wang, S.; Cai, Y.-y.; Hu, B.-c.; Lu, J.-r.; Sun, Z.-r.; Zhang, Y.-l.
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 26(1): 75-77
2006
ISSN/ISBN: 0255-2930 PMID: 16491766 Document Number: 596122
To observe therapeutic effect of point-through-point acupuncture on cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy and evaluate the safety. Random, parallel control, single blind and multicentral study method was used and 224 cases from 4 hospitals were divided equally into a treatment group and a control group, 112 cases in each group. The treatment group were treated with point-through-point acupuncture and the control group with general needling method. Their symptoms and signs, and the effect on transcranial Doppler's method (TCD) were investigated. The total effective rate was 93.3% in the treatment group which was better than 77.4% in the control group, with a significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01), and the point-through-point acupuncture could significantly improve TCD of basilar artery, vertebral artery and posterior inferior cerebellar artery (Vs, Vm, Vd, PI, RI), superior to the control group. The point-through-point acupuncture has obvious therapeutic effect on cerebellar ataxia after apoplexy and good safety.