|
KMID : 0363320160370040645
|
|
Journal of Korean Oriental Internal Medicine
2016 Volume.37 No. 4 p.645 ~ p.652
|
|
|
Comparison of the Functional Recovery of Stroke Patients Treated with Eastern-Western Integrative Medical Care and Western Single Rehabilitation Therapy
|
|
Kim Min-Su
Yun Jong-Min
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
Objectives: To compare the effects of Eastern-Western integrative medical care (EWIM) and Western single rehabilitation therapy (WSRT) on the functional recovery of stroke patients.
Methods: Seventy-six stroke patients were recruited retrospectively. The participants were divided into two groups: EWIM and WSRT. Data on age, sex, stroke-related risk factors, stroke type, neurological deficits according to the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), elapsed time to the initiation of rehabilitation, duration from the onset to follow up, initial functional status, and function after therapy for 3 mon were obtained from a review of the patients’ medical records. Between-group differences in functional outcomes were analyzed before and after treatment using the functional ambulation category (FAC), Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA), modified Barthel Index-Korean version (K-MBI), and Euro-Quality of Life-5 Dimension (EQ-5D).
Results: At 3-mon poststroke, all the functional outcome measures had improved in both groups (P<0.05). However, the improvements were greater in the EWIM group, and the improvement was statistically significant in the K-MBI (P=0.048) and EQ-5D (P=0.042).
Conclusions: With respect to activities of daily living and health-related quality of life, EWIM is a more effective stroke therapy than WSRT.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
stroke, East Asian traditional medicine, integrative medicine, recovery of function
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|
|