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Acupuncture Congress 2018
Herbal Medicine: Open Access
ISSN: 2472-0151
Page 61
August 20-21, 2018
Dublin, Ireland
9
th
International Conference on
Acupuncture &
Chinese Medicine
Objectives:
The aim of our newer study involving more number of
patients were to investigate whether unique form of acupuncture,
Yamamoto’s New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) has an affect,
to standard post-stroke motor rehabilitation elevating QoL of
patients with higher self-management.
Methods:
A prospective, randomized control researchwas carried
out in an outpatient stroke rehabilitation unit with day hospital
service again enrolled 520 cases. After inclusion, patients were
stratified into control group and acupuncture group, randomly.
All of stratified patients participated in gymnastic exercises
and conservative pharmacological treatment according western
rehabiliation protocol.
Outcome Measures:
BI (The Barthel Index), RI (Rivermead Scale
Index), the SP-36 questionnaire and VAS were used to follow the
results of treatment.
Results:
The Barthel Index is increased from 4±2 to 95±4 in
the acupuncture group. This index also increased in the control
group (from 4±2 to 75±4), but the changes were significantly
less than in the acupuncture group. In the acupuncture group,
all the sensory, motor, and functional scores, QoL were improved
significantly during the examination period and until 3 years after
injury. We also found a significant spontaneous recovery during
the 3-year follow-up, but the YNSA treatment facilitated the
functional recovery not only in moving but generally in cognitive
functions and memory functions. The complementary treatment
improved moving function and more flexible joints and ligaments
were observed in comparison to the patients’ condition prior to
treatment.
Conclusions:
The summarized data suggests that the YNSA
acupuncture might be a useful complementer method to treat
residual symptomesof strokepatientsandenhance their qualityof
life, to achieve higher self-management level. As soon as possible
after stroke this method should be started if cardio-pulmonal
condition of patient is balanced and allowed it. This study was
a reproduction of our earlier research with more participants to
allow us to prove advantages of early application of permanent
acupuncture treatment.
drhegyi@hu.inter.netYamamoto new scalp acupuncture-in complex rehabilitation
of stroke
Hegyi Gabriella
University of Pécs, Hungary
Herb Med. 2018, Volume 4
DOI: 10.21767/2472-0151-C1-003