1. Treatment outcomes in post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome: The role of combined acupuncture, traditional Chinese herb hot compress and rehabilitation training.
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Li, Lin, Li, Ju, and He, Mu
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CHINESE medicine , *RESEARCH funding , *HERBAL medicine , *COMPLEX regional pain syndromes , *STATISTICAL sampling , *VISUAL analog scale , *ACUPUNCTURE , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHI-squared test , *SHOULDER joint , *HEAT , *STROKE rehabilitation , *COMBINED modality therapy , *DRUG efficacy , *COMPRESSION therapy , *STROKE , *COMPARATIVE studies , *ACTIVITIES of daily living , *THERAPEUTICS , *DISEASE complications - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Acupuncture, traditional Chinese herb hot compress and rehabilitation training is useful in post-stroke shoulder–hand syndrome (SHS), but it is less commonly used in combination. OBJECTIVE: To analyse the therapeutic efficacy of a combination of acupuncture, traditional Chinese herb hot compress and rehabilitation training in SHS patients. METHOD: Patients diagnosed with post-stroke SHS and treated from January 2022 to March 2023 at Beijing Friendship Hospital and Beijing Pinggu Hospital were selected and randomly divided into three groups (A, B and C). Group A received conventional rehabilitative treatment (35 cases), Group B underwent conventional rehabilitative treatment + acupuncture (35 cases), and Group C received conventional rehabilitative treatment + acupuncture + traditional Chinese herb hot compress treatment (35 cases). The post-treatment effectiveness rate, visual analogue scale (VAS) score, activities of daily living (ADL) score, Fugel–Meyer assessment (FMA) score, SHS assessment scale (SHSS) score and shoulder joint mobility were compared among the three groups. RESULTS: The post-treatment VAS score ( F VAS score = 232.512, P < 0.001), FMA score ( F FMA score = 239.412, P < 0.001), ADL score ( F ADL score = 412.634, P < 0.001), SHSS score ( F SHSS score = 212.542, P < 0.001) and shoulder joint mobility ( F Shoulder Joint Mobility = 197.531, P < 0.001) all showed statistically significant differences. The VAS and SHSS scores decreased in the order of Group A > Group B > Group C, while the FMA, ADL and shoulder joint mobility scores increased in the order of Group C > Group B > Group A. The post-treatment effectiveness rates (χ 2= 48.510, P < 0.001) also exhibited statistically significant differences, decreasing in the order of Group C (94.29%) > Group B (82.86%) > Group A (71.43%). CONCLUSION: The treatment efficacy of the combined acupuncture, traditional Chinese herb hot compress and rehabilitation training for SHS patients is significant, warranting its clinical promotion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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