Clinical Study on Acupuncture Combined with Hyperbaric Oxygenation for Improving Balance Function of Cerebral Infarction [1]

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72 cases were randomly divided into 2 groups. 36 of control group’s patients were treated with routine medicine and hyperbaric oxygenation; 36 of treatment group’s patients were treated with acupuncture plus the same treatments as the control group. The points are Jianyu (LI15) [3], 10, 4 and SJ5, Biguan (ST31) [4], Fengshi (GB31) [5], 34 and UB60.  Berg balance scale (BBS) was used for investigating changes of balance function before and after treatments.

Results: The balance function improved in the two groups after treatments, but more significant improvement in the treatment group. Also increased motor function in the treatment group was more rapid than that in the control group. 

Key Words: acupuncture, hyperbaric oxygenation, improving balance function, cerebral infarction

Writer: Xing, Yanjun Wang, Yuran Li
Rehabilitation Department of Shijiazhuang Central Hospital, Hebei 050011, China
Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department, TCM Hospital of Hebei Medical University