PMID: 29071932Aug 25, 2016Paper

Randomized Clinical Trial for Treatment of Patients with Acute Ischemic Cerebral Stroke by Acupoint Injection of Cobalamin or Gangliosides

Zhen ci yan jiu = Acupuncture research
Lei ZhaoChun-Shan Pan

Abstract

To observe the clinical therapeutic effect of acupoint injection of medicine in the treatment of patients with acute cerebral ischemia stroke (ACIS). Ninety ACIS patients were randomized into control, Cobalamin and Gangliosides groups (n=30 in each group). Patients of the control group were treated by routine medication (i.e., drugs for improving microcirculation, anti-platelet aggregation, cerebral dehydration, neuronutrition, intracranial pressure reduction and blood lipid-lowering, etc.) and motor function rehabilitation training, once daily, six times a week for two weeks; and those of the Cobalamin and Gangliosides groups were treated by injection of Cobalamin (1 mL) or Gangliosides (1 mL) into Baihui (GV 20) and Zusanli (ST 36), respectively and rehabilitation training (being the same to the control group). The patients' motor ability and physical status were assessed according to clinical neurologic deficit score (CNDS) and activity of daily living scale (ADLS). After the treatment, of the three 30 cases in the control, Cobalamin and Gangliosides groups, 0, 4 and 2 were cured, 9, 15 and 14 experienced marked improvement in their symptoms, 12, 8 and 10 were improved, 9, 3 and 4 invalid, with the effective rates being 70.0...Continue Reading

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