Tag Archives: Scalp Acupuncture

Electroacupuncture and scalp acupuncture improves language rehabilitation

PubMed research

Objectives: To explore the clinical effect of electroacupuncture and scalp acupuncture combined with language rehabilitation training on cognitive and speech functions of patients with aphasia after craniocerebral injury. Methods: Seventy patients with aphasia after craniocerebral injury from January 2020 and January 2021 were retrospectively collected after filtering. Among them, 35 patients received …

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Electroacupuncture reduces pain and pregabalin use in fibromyalgia patients

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Introduction: Fibromyalgia is a chronic illness that causes symptoms such as pain. In Japan, although pregabalin and duloxetine are the drugs of choice for fibromyalgia, they may be ineffective or may cause side-effects. Studies have reported on the efficacy of acupuncture against fibromyalgia. However, acupuncture is not always effective in clinical …

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Scalp acupuncture improves cerebral palsy in children

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Background: Cerebral palsy in children is a predominantly congenital developmental disease with complex causes and diverse symptoms. Chinese medicine mainly uses acupuncture for the treatment of cerebral palsy; as the disease site is in the brain, emphasis is placed on scalp acupuncture therapy. There were studies about the treatment but different …

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Scalp acupuncture improves motor function in stroke patients

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Objectives: To conduct a meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of scalp acupuncture in patients with stroke and consequent hemiparesis regardless of brain infarction or intracerebral hemorrhage.  Methods: A literature search of randomized controlled trials on scalp acupuncture for stroke was performed in five databases up to May 10, 2021. We investigated three …

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Scalp acupuncture improves emotions and sleep in children with autism

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Objective: To observe the effects of penetrating technique of scalp acupuncture on emotion, sleep and function development in children of autism spectrum disorder. Methods: A total of 60 autism spectrum disorder children aged 3 to 6 years were randomized in a control group (music education rehabilitation,n=30) and an observation group (penetrating technique …

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