Clinical Observation of Fire Needle Therapy on Shoulder Hand Syndrome After Stroke

Objective:To observe the clinical effect of fire needle therapy on shoulder hand syndrome after stroke.Methods: All of the qualified 61 cases were randomly divided into two groups.Thirty cases in the treatment group were given fire needle therapy,once every other day,15 days as a course.Thirty-one cases in the control group were given modern rehabilitation care once daily,15 days as a course.After treatment,the efficacy,pain relief and upper limb function were evaluated.Results: After one course of treatment,the efficacy of the treatment group was better than control group significantly(P 0.05).Visual analog scale(VAS) score and upper limb function score evaluated by simplified Fugl-Meyer scale were improved in the two groups after treatment(P 0.05 compared with those before treatment),and the differences were significant between these two groups(P 0.05).Conclusion:Fire needle therapy has satisfactory effect on shoulder hand syndrome after stroke and is worth of popularization.