ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015
The Effect of Acupuncture on the Motor Function and White Matter Microstructure in Ischemic Stroke Patients.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Efficacy of Acupuncture Combined with Local Anesthesia in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Carotid Artery Stenting: A Prospective Randomized Trial.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2020Trial
- Ability of an altered functional coupling between resting-state networks to predict behavioral outcomes in subcortical ischemic stroke: A longitudinal study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- The impact of acupuncture on neuroplasticity after ischemic stroke: a literature review and perspectives.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Aberrant interhemispheric functional reciprocities of the default mode network and motor network in subcortical ischemic stroke patients with motor impairment: A longitudinal study.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Publication Trends in Rehabilitative Effects of Acupuncture: A Visual Analysis of the Literature.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Induces Quantified Functional and Structural Changes in Subcortical Stroke: A Combined Arterial Spin Labeling Perfusion and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
- Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for posterior circulation ischemic vertigo: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2020Article
- Synergistic Effects of Scalp Acupuncture and Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Cerebral Infarction: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Acupuncture plus Rehabilitation for Unilateral Neglect after Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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- Mechanisms of Acupuncture Therapy for Cerebral Ischemia: an Evidence-Based Review of Clinical and Animal Studies on Cerebral Ischemia.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2017Review
- Longitudinal Brain Functional Connectivity Changes of the Cortical Motor-Related Network in Subcortical Stroke Patients with Acupuncture Treatment.Neural plasticity · 2017Article
- Upregulation of neuronal zinc finger protein A20 expression is required for electroacupuncture to attenuate the cerebral inflammatory injury mediated by the nuclear factor-kB signaling pathway in cerebral ischemia/reperfusion rats.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2016Article
- Erratum to "The Effect of Acupuncture on the Motor Function and White Matter Microstructure in Ischemic Stroke Patients".Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Article
- Ipsilesional High Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Add-On Therapy Improved Diffusion Parameters of Stroke Patients with Motor Dysfunction: A Preliminary DTI Study.Neural plasticity · 2016Article
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Abstract
Evidence shows that ischemic stroke can induce brain structural reorganization. Acupuncture is advised as an adjunct to mainstream rehabilitation after stroke. However, the effectiveness of acupuncture is inconsistent among previous studies. Fourteen ischemic patients were collected and divided into two groups: conventional treatment group (CG) and acupuncture treatment group (AG). The results of a Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and diffusion tensor imaging were collected before and after treatment. The AG exhibited a higher improvement in FMA than the CG. Repeated measures analysis of variance on diffusion data only found a significant main effect for scanning time point in all diffusion indices. In each group, a postpair t-test revealed that diffusion indices values were changed significantly after treatment intervention in the body of the corpus callosum and bilateral corticospinal tracts, the inferior longitudinal fasciculus, the inferior frontooccipital fasciculus, the superior longitudinal fasciculus, the forceps minor, the cingulum gyrus, and the thalamic radiation. However, there was no significant difference in the diffusion indices between the two groups. In conclusion, acupuncture had a better behavioral score than traditional medicine treatment. However, acupuncture did not significantly change WM in the AG compared to the CG as expected within one month after the intervention.
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