[Observation on therapeutic effect of electroacupuncture at points of different channels at different stages on hemiplagia after apoplexy].

OBJECTIVE: To compare the therapeutic effects at points of different channels at different stages on hemiplegia after apoplexy. METHODS: One hundred and twenty-eight cases of hemiplegia after apoplexy were randomly divided into a treatment group and a control group, 64 cases in each group. The Brunnstrom cerebral apoplexy motor recovery six-stages scale was used as criterion for division of stages in treatment of the treatment group, and different points were selected according to different stages, and the brief Fugl-Meyer motor scale was used as criterion for assessment of the therapeutic effect; the control group were treated with routine acupuncture. RESULTS: The total effective rate was 93.8% in the treatment group and 57.9% in the control group, the treatment group being better than the control group (P < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Electroacupuncture at points of different channels at different stages has a good therapeutic effect on hemiplegia after apoplexy.