Trial reportJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2025
Electroacupuncture versus conventional acupuncture of scalp motor area for post-stroke wrist dyskinesia and its effect on muscle function: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.
Trial report in Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Acupuncture modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis: a novel therapeutic strategy for amnestic mild cognitive impairment.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Article
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objectiveTo evaluate the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) at scalp motor area for treating post-stroke wrist dyskinesia and its influence on the function of wrist movement-related agonistic muscles.
methodsA randomized, single-blind, controlled clinical trial was conducted. Sixty-six patients undergoing post-stroke wrist dyskinesia were enrolled and randomized 1 : 1 to EA or control group. Patients in the control group received manual acupuncture in the scalp motor area (MS 6) on the lesion side. The same acupoint was selected to accept EA stimulation in the EA group. All patients were treated six times a week for three weeks. The primary outcome was the Chinese Stroke Scale (CSS) score. The secondary outcomes included upper limb-related Barthel Index (BI) score, active range of motion (AROM) of the wrist joint, and root mean square (RMS) of the four agonistic muscles associated with wrist motion on the hemiplegic side of patients, i. e., the extensor carpi radialis longus (ECRL), extensor digitorum (ED), flexor carpi radialis (FCR) and flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU). The above indicators were measured before and after three weeks of treatment.
resultsAfter 3-week treatment, the CSS score and AROM of wrist dorsiflexion of the EA group were better than those in the control group (
conclusionEA stimulation of the scalp motor area can promote the recovery of the strength and function of the agonistic muscles related to wrist movement and effectively improve post-stroke wrist dyskinesia.
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