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Clinical study of acupuncture treatment on motor aphasia after stroke

Issue title: Papers from the 4th International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology (ICBEB2015), 18-21 August 2015, Shanghai, China ``New Paradigms for Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology''

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Wu, Qiana; d | Hu, Xiaoqinga | Wen, Xiuyunb | Li, Fumingc; * | Fu, Wenbind; *

Affiliations: [a] The Second Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | [b] Baoan Hospital, Southern Medical University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China | [c] Jinshazhou Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | [d] Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding authors: Wenbin Fu and Fuming Li, Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of TCM, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Tel.: +86 13808888626; E-mail:fuwenbin@139.com

Keywords: Motor aphasia, stroke, Heart-Gallbladder treatment, tongue acupuncture

DOI: 10.3233/THC-161197

Journal: Technology and Health Care, vol. 24, no. s2, pp. S691-S696, 2016

Published: 13 June 2016
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To study the safety and effectiveness of the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture treatment for motor aphasia after stroke via clinical studies.

METHODS:

Sixty valid patients were divided into two groups randomly with a ratio of 1:1. The treatment group was the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture group and the control group was the conventional acupuncture group. The two groups underwent testing before and after treatments, which included: the Aphasia Battery of Chinese (ABC), the Chinese functional communication profile (CFCP), and the Boston diagnostic aphasia examination (BDAE).

RESULTS:

All the BDAE, CFCP and ABC results showed a significant difference between the two groups after treatment (P< 0.05), indicating that the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture treatment for motor aphasia after stroke can reduce the degree of aphasia and improve patients' daily communication skills more than the conventional acupuncture treatment. The Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture treatment is better than the conventional acupuncture treatments for motor aphasia after stroke, with significantly improved scores for fluency, repetition, naming, and reading.

CONCLUSIONS:

Both the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture and the conventional acupuncture are effective in the treatment of motor aphasia after stroke. Nevertheless, when compared to the conventional acupuncture, the Heart-Gallbladder acupuncture had better efficacy and it is safe as well.

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