Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS: Randomized, controlled trials of PSSP patients receiving AAPN treatment were searched from MEDLINE, EMBASE, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure Database between January 2006 and June 2013. Key words included: clinic or clinical, acupuncture, needling, acupoint-to- acupoint, penetrative or penetration or penetrating, stroke or apoplexy or cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage, spastic paralysis or spasticity or palsy, and hypermyotonia. Language was limited to English and Chinese. Case series reports, review articles, and, animal studies were excluded. RESULTS: CONCLUSION: AAPN is an effective treatment for PSSP, and it can accelerate and enhance functional repair of PSSP patients.
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Authors | Xiafei Liu, Chunling Bao, Guirong Dong |
Journal | Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan
(J Tradit Chin Med)
Vol. 34
Issue 5
Pg. 609-15
(Oct 2014)
ISSN: 0255-2922 [Print] China |
PMID | 25417414
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Review)
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Topics |
- Acupuncture Points
- Acupuncture Therapy
- Clinical Trials as Topic
- Humans
- Muscle Spasticity
(etiology, prevention & control, therapy)
- Paralysis
(prevention & control, therapy)
- Stroke
(complications)
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