Objective

2

To observe the clinical efficacy of bloodletting along channels in the treatment of post-stroke upper limb sensory disorders with wind-phlegm stasis.

Methods

2

102 patients with post-stroke hemianesthesia were randomly divided into 51 in the treatment group and 51 in the control group

both of whom were treated with basic therapy for the stroke

while the control group was treated with conventional rehabilitation training on top of basic therapy and the treatment group was given additional bloodletting along channels. The TCM symptom scores

Lindmark sensory function scores

pain scores

somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP)

FMA scores

Barthel index scores and clinical efficacy were observed.Results TCM symptom scores dropped in the treatment group compared after treatment (

P

<

0.05)

and the decrease was greater in the treatment group compared with the control group after treatment. The difference between the two groups before and after treatment was statistically significant (

P

<

0.05)

and the treatment group was better than the control group. The Lindmark sensory function scores were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group

and the numbness scores were significantly lower in the treatment group than in the control group. The difference between the two groups before and after treatment was statistically significant (

P

<

0.05)

and the treatment group was better than the control group. SEP was elevated in the treatment group tfter treatment (

P

<

0.05)

and SEP in the treatment group was greater than in the control group after treatment

and the difference between the two groups before and after treatment was statistically significant (

P

<

0.05)

and the treatment group was better than the control group. FMA scores and Barthel scores were significantly higher in the treatment group than in the control group

and the differences were statistically significant (

P

<

0.05)

and the treatment group was superior to the control group. Among 51 cases in the treatment group

4 were cured

13 markedly effective

27 moderately effective

and 7 not effective

with a total effective rate of 86.27%. Among 51 cases in the control group

1 was cured

11 markedly effective

21 moderately effective

and 18 not effective

with a total effective rate of 64.71%. By rank sum test

Z

=-2.245

P

<

0.05

indicating that the efficacy in the treatment group was better than that in the control group.

Conclusion

2

Bloodletting along channels therapy has good clinical efficacy in the treatment of post-stroke upper limb sensory disorders with wind-phlegm stasis.