Effect of nape acupuncture combined with superficial cervical skin acupuncture on dysphagia after stroke of blood stasis due to qi deficiency type
XU Chen1 ZHU Yanyan1 WANG Lichun1 HUANG Fenghui2#br#
1.Department of Acupuncture and Massage, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050091, China;
2.Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Hebei Province, Cangzhou 061001, China
Abstract：Objective To explore the effect of nape acupuncture combined with superficial cervical skin acupuncture on dysphagia after stroke of blood stasis due to qi deficiency type. Methods Sixty inpatients with dysphagia after stroke in Rehabilitation Hospital of Cangzhou Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Hebei Province from September 2019 to September 2020 were selected and they were divided into combined acupuncture group and traditional acupuncture group according to random number table method, with 30 cases in each group. On the basis of conventional treatment, combined acupuncture group was treated with nape acupuncture combined with superficial cervical skin acupuncture, traditional acupuncture group was treated with conventional acupuncture, six days one week, one day off, four weeks as a course of treatment. Clinical efficacy, Wata drinking water test grade, Ichiro Fujishima swallowing disorder score and video fluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) score were compared between two groups. Results After treatment, clinical effect of combined acupuncture group was better than that of traditional acupuncture group (P < 0.05). After treatment, Wata drinking water test grade in combined acupuncture group was better than that in traditional acupuncture group (P < 0.05). Four weeks after treatment, Ichiro Fujishima swallowing disorder scores in two groups were higher than those before treatment, and combined acupuncture group was higher than traditional acupuncture group (P < 0.05). Four weeks after treatment, VFSS scores of two groups were higher than those before treatment, and combined acupuncture group was higher than traditional acupuncture group (P < 0.05). Conclusion Nape acupuncture combined with superficial cervical skin acupuncture can improve curative effect of dysphagia after stroke, improve swallowing function of patients, and promote rehabilitation process, which is worthy of clinical promotion.
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