Clinical Observation of Jin's Three-needle Manipulation Combined with Rehabilitation Therapy for Treatment of Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome

Objective To observe the therapeutic effect of Jin 's three-needle manipulation combined with rehabilitation therapy for post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome(SHS).Methods Eighty-two post-stroke SHS patients were randomized into the treatment group(N =42) and the control group(N =40).The treatment group received Jin 's three-needle manipulation combined with rehabilitation therapy,and the control group received rehabilitation therapy alone.The pain score was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale(VAS),the score of upper-limb function was evaluated with simplified Fugl-Meyer Assay,and the movement of shoulder joint was measured with conimeter.Results The pain was relieved,upper-limb function was improved,and the movement of shoulder joint was increased to some extent after treatment in both groups(P 0.05 or P 0.01),and the improvement of the above indexes in the treatment group exceeded that in the control group(P 0.05 or P 0.01).Conclusion Jin 's three-needle manipulation combined with rehabilitation therapy has certain efficiency on post-stroke shoulder-hand syndrome.