Abstract
Stroke is a syndrome of rapidly developing neurological dysfunction of vascular origin, which causes focal or global signs of disturbed cerebral function. The two major types of stroke are cerebral infarction or ischemic stroke, and intracerebral haemorrhage.
Acupuncture is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an alternative and complementary strategy for stroke treatment and for improving stroke care. Clinical trial and meta-analysis findings have demonstrated the efficacy of acupuncture in improving balance function, reducing spasticity, and increasing muscle strength and general well-being post-stroke. The mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of acupuncture in stroke rehabilitation remain unclear.
Acupuncture treatment of stroke has as long as more than two thousand years, but developed rapidly from later 1970’. Xing Nao Kai Qiao (XNKQ, Awake Brain and open orifices) and scalp acupuncture are the two major acupuncture techniques for stroke. Both general acupuncture and unique Brain acupuncture treatments are all explained in detail.
Clinical trial and meta-analysis findings have demonstrated the efficacy of acupuncture in improving balance function, reducing spasticity, and increasing muscle strength of stroke and general well-being post-stroke, although the mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of acupuncture in stroke rehabilitation remain unclear.
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Wang, T. (2021). Stroke. In: Acupuncture for Brain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54666-3_7
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