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Welcome to our Chinese medicine and acupuncture research news pages. We add to the content of these pages continuously as more research news comes in. Browse through the complete archive below or use the category links on the right.

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Acupuncture benefits brain after both ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke

Categories: Stroke
Chinese researchers have found electro-acupuncture at points on the head to be helpful for increasing neuroplasticity in cerebral motor regions following ischaemic stroke.
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Acupuncture as effective as physiotherapy in post-stroke rehabilitation

Categories: Stroke
A large multicentre RCT from China has found that acupuncture plus conventional care was similar in effectiveness to physiotherapy treatment plus conventional care for post-stroke rehabilitation.
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Scalp electro-acupuncture for post-stroke recovery

Categories: Stroke
Stroke patients who undergo scalp electro-acupuncture show better functional improvement than those who receive placebo electro-stimulation, say researchers from Brazil.
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Electroacupuncture regulates stroke proteins

Categories: Stroke, Acupuncture research
In addition to enhancing muscle strength recovery after acute ischaemic stroke (IS), electroacupuncture (EA) appears to regulate the expression of multiple serum proteins that may be beneficial in this situation.
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Acupuncture after stroke activates damaged speech centres

Categories: Stroke
Acupuncture can assist language recovery in chronic stroke patients and may be associated with increased activity in the damaged speech area of the brain. Seven chronic stroke patients suffering from aphasia were treated with acupuncture three times a week, over a period of eight weeks. Four acupoints were stimulated on the weak side of the patient's body and no other rehabilitation was given duri ...
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Acupuncture can improve endothelial dysfunction in hypertension

Categories: Stroke, Hypertension
A Korean study has shown that acupuncture can improve endothelial dysfunction in patients with hypertension. The pilot, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial randomly assigned 15 patients with essential hypertension to a sequence of four acupuncture treatment phases, each lasting 15 minutes, with a seven-day washout period in between. Needles were inserted at bilateral Zusanli ST-36; Ne ...
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Acupuncture effective post-stroke

Categories: Stroke
A systematic review and meta-analysis from Canada demonstrates that acupuncture may be an effective treatment for post-stroke rehabilitation. Thirty-five articles written in Chinese and 21 written in English were included. The overall quality of the studies was judged as fair, and most studies were small. The majority (80%) of studies reported a significant benefit from acupuncture, although many ...
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ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE

Categories: Stroke
The aim of this study carried out at the Sunnaas Rehabilitation Hospital in Norway was to investigate whether acupuncture treatment, if given to stroke patients in the subacute phase (within 40 days of the stroke) in addition to rehabilitation would influence motor function, activity of daily living (ADL) and quality of life. 45 patients (median age 57 years) were randomised into a control group a ...
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ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE & STROKE

Categories: Stroke
A Taiwanese study compared rehabilitation therapy plus non-needling electro stimulation of acupuncture points with rehabilitation therapy alone in the treatment of post-CVA hemiplegia. Electro-acupuncture was given 5 times per week. Patients who received electro-acupuncture had shorter hospital stays and better neurological and functional outcomes. The authors report that this study contrasts with ...
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