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Acupuncture Research
PAIN
Clinical Observations on Acupuncture
treatment of Peripheral Facial Paralysis
by Zhang D; Wei Z; Wen B; Gao H; Peng Y; Wang F.
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1991 Jun, 11(2):139-45.
(UI: 91318792) AT: UCLA Biomed W1 J0922R (PE title: Journal
of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih / sponsored
by A11-China Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine,
Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.)
Abstract: We have carried out clinical observations on 34
patients with peripheral facial paralysis treated by acupuncture
therapy prescribed according to selection of treatment regimen
on the basis of facial thermogram and temperature. A comparison
was made with a control group of 97 patients who received
conventional acupuncture therapy only. It was found that
1) The cure rate in the group of selecting acupoints by thermogram
(hereinafter referred to as the thermography--aided treatment
group) was 67.65%, with a marked improvement rate of 26.40%;
while the cure rate of the conventional acupuncture treatment
group (hereinafter called the conventional treatment group)
was 46.39%, the marked improvement rate being 29.90%, indicating
a significant difference in therapeutic efficacy between the
two groups (P less than 0.02).
2) The average duration of acupuncture therapy for the thermography
aided treatment group was 6.02 weeks, whereas that for the
conventional treatment group, 24 weeks. There was also a significant
difference between the two groups (p less than 0.01).
And 3) During the entire therapeutic course, 25.2 sessions
of treatment were given on the average in the thermography--aided
treatment group, and 78.8 sessions in the conventional treatment
group, showing a very significant difference (P less than
0.001). The present thermography--aided method exhibits advantages
over the conventional one in enhancing the cure rate and shortening
the duration of treatment, which is worthy to be popularized
in clinical practice. And it is also of certain significance
in standardization and scientification of acupuncture therapy.
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