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KMID : 0363620150360010001
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
2015 Volume.36 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.8
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Clinical Practice Guideline on Acupuncture for Post-stroke Spasticity
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Kim Je-Sin
Shin Seung-Won
Lee Eui-Ju
Shin Byung-Cheul
Lee Myeong-Soo
Lim Sung-Min
Nam Dong-Woo
Moon Sang-Kwan
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study is aimed to develop a Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) on acupuncture treatment for the patients with post-stroke spasticity.
Methods: Experts committee, consisting of stroke or methodology specialists, searched Medline, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, and 19 Korean medicine journals. The search terms were selected to screen the randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or systematic reviews for the effectiveness of acupuncture on post-stroke spasticity, compared with placebo or conventional group. Levels of evidence and grades of recommendations were appraised based on Recommendations for Development of Clinical Practice Guideline in Korean Medicine.
Results & Conclusions: One systematic review and 7 RCT were included to build the CPG. There was a strong evidence to support the effectiveness of electroacupuncture treatment for post-stroke spasticity. However, it did not show any sufficient evidence to treat the patients with post-stroke spasticity with the sole acupuncture. The moderate evidence was presented that over 3 times of the electroacupuncture treatments with 1-100 Hz frequency should be performed every week on the acupoints, such as LI11, LI10, TE5, LI4, ST36, GB34, ST40, or LR3, for 20-30 minutes. It was also suggested that the procedure should begin at the acute stage just after the vital signs of the patients are stabilized. Finally, there was a moderate evidence to support safety of acupuncture treatment for post-stroke spasticity.
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KEYWORD
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Acupuncture, stroke, spasticity, Clinical practice guideline
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