Effect of acupuncture at the anterior oblique parietotemporal line on gray matter remodeling in patients with hemiplegia of cerebral infarction

Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research
Yi LangChu Xi Liang

Abstract

To observe the intervention effect of acupuncture at the anterior oblique parietotemporal line on gray matter remodeling in patients with hemiplegia of cerebral infarction based on voxel-based morphology (VBM), and to reveal the advantages and central effect sites of scalp acupuncture for hemiplegia of cerebral infarction. A total of 18 patients with hemiplegia of cerebral infarction in the right basal ganglia and 18 healthy subjects were enrolled and T1 structural scan was performed. The patients were randomly divided into scalp acupuncture group and non-scalp acupuncture group, with 9 patients in each group. SPSS20.0 was used to analyze the degree of neurological deficit (NIHSS) before and after treatment, and SPM8 software package was used to compare the change in gray matter after treatment between the two groups, the difference in gray matter between patients and healthy subjects. After treatment, the scalp acupuncture group had a significant reduction in NIHSS (P<0.05), while the non-scalp acupuncture group had no significant change in NIHSS (P>0.05); the scalp acupuncture group had a significantly lower NIHSS than the non-scalp acupuncture group after treatment (P<0.05). Compared with the healthy subjects, the patients w...Continue Reading

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