Therapeutic Observation of Parallel Needling at Meridian Tendon plus Rehabilitation Training for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome Stage I

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of parallel needling at meridian tendon plus rehabilitation training in treating post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome stage Ⅰ. Methods Fifty-six eligible patients with post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome stage Ⅰ were randomized into a treatment group of 29 cases and a control group of 27 cases. The treatment group was intervened by parallel needling at shoulder plus rehabilitation training, while the control group was by ordinary needling method plus rehabilitation training. After 1-month treatment, the hand function was evaluated by using Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) and Fugl-Meyer Assessment(FMA), and the clinical efficacies were compared. Results The VAS score and FMA score were significantly changed after intervention in both groups(P0.05). After intervention, there were significant differences in comparing VAS and FMA scores between the two groups(P0.05). The total effective rate was 96.6% in the treatment group versus 77.8% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(P0.05). Conclusion Parallel needling at meridian tendon plus rehabilitation training is an effective approach in treating post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome stage Ⅰ.