Acupuncture therapy increased quality of life, improved
mobility and activities of daily living of poststroke patients. The finding in which
a review article recently reported in the Journal of Evidence-Based
Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
It has been reported that approximately half of stroke
survivors suffers from hemiparesis, cognitive deficits including difficulty in
solving problems, dementia, memory impairment, depression and difficulty in
communication. These significantly degraded their independence, quality of life
and sense of emotional well-being. Although conventional poststroke
rehabilitation helps many stroke patients restore some of their physical or
emotional function the outcome is not always satisfactory.
Recently Ms. C Farmer from University of California, in
the United States studied some clinical trials which assessed the effect of
acupuncture on the poststroke patients suffering from chronic stroke symptoms.
She found that overall those clinical studies consist of a set of strengths and
weakness that suggest the acupuncture as a worthy addition to the poststroke
patient rehabilitation. Acupuncture in particular is effective in improving
quality of life, enhancing mobility and cognitive function. There were no
adverse effects.
Author stated that among the reviewed study there was a
common consensus, based on the data that acupuncture is a safe and effective
treatment for poststroke rehabilitation.
Reference:
C Farmer, Bringing
holistic treatments to the attention of medicine: acupuncture as an effective poststroke
rehabilitation tool. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative
Medicine, 2015 Apr;20(2):120-5. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25552471
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