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KMID : 0615720010180030001
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2001 Volume.18 No. 3 p.1 ~ p.9
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Effects of Contralateral Acupuncture on Recovery of Motor Disorders in Stroke Patients
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Abstract
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Objective : In order to study the effect of contralateral acupuncture on recovery of motor disorders in stroke patients a clinical study was performed.
Methods : Thirteen patients with poststroke-hemiplegia were randomized into two groups. Six patients(test group) treated with contralateral acupuncture. The other seven patients(control group) treated with ipsilateral acupuncture. The activity of daily living was measured with a modified barthel index(MBI). The therapy was performed one a day for 3 weeks.
Results : In terms of improvement of activity of daily living, the test group showed statistically meningful increase after 1 week treatment. but the control group showed statistically meningful increase after 2 weeks(p<0.05). In terms of score of MBI, the groups showed no statistically meningful difference after 3 week treatment.
Conclusions : These results support that contralateral acupuncture therapy has almost same effectness compared with ipsilateral acupuncture therapy in improvement of the activity of daily living of poststroke-hemiplegic patients.
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