ArticleChinese journal of integrative medicine2020
Altered Brain Regional Homogeneity Following Contralateral Acupuncture at Quchi (LI 11) and Zusanli (ST 36) in Ischemic Stroke Patients with Left Hemiplegia: An fMRI Study.
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- Neural Effects of Low-Frequency Acupoint Electrical Stimulation Therapy on Patients With Poststroke Motor Dysfunction: A Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Neurorehabilitation Combining Acupuncture and Conventional Rehabilitation in the Acute Ischemic Stroke: Evidence From Multimodal MRI.Neural plasticity · 2026Article
- Therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture on motor dysfunction in ischemic stroke patients with hemiplegia and its EEG characteristics: protocol for a randomized, sham-acupuncture controlled, assessor-and-statistician-blinded trial.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging studies on acupuncture therapy in cerebral ischemic stroke: A systematic review.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Effect of Continuous Nursing Model Based on WeChat Public Health Education on Self-Management Level and Treatment Compliance of Stroke Patients.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Article
- The impact of acupuncture on neuroplasticity after ischemic stroke: a literature review and perspectives.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2022Review
- Regional homogeneity alterations in multifrequency bands in patients with basal ganglia stroke: A resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- Sensorimotor Responses in Post-Stroke Hemiplegic Patients Modulated by Acupuncture at Yanglingquan (GB34): A fMRI Study Using Intersubject Functional Correlation (ISFC) Analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Electroencephalogram Analysis of Magnetic Stimulation at Different Acupoints.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Publication Trends in Rehabilitative Effects of Acupuncture: A Visual Analysis of the Literature.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo study the effect of contralateral acupuncture (CAT) at acupoints of Quchi (LI 11) and Zusanli (ST 36) on the unaffected limbs of ischemic stroke patients with left hemiplegia based on regional homogeneity (ReHo) indices.
methodsTen ischemic stroke patients with left hemiplegia received CAT on right side at LI 11 and ST 36. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was performed before and after acupuncture. A ReHo analytical method was used to compare brain responses of patients before and after CAT operated by REST software.
resultsThe stimulation at both LI 11 and ST 36 on the unaffected limbs produced significantly different neural activities. CAT elicited increased ReHo values at the right precentral gyrus and superior frontal gyrus, decreased ReHo value at right superior parietal lobule, left fusiform gyrus and left supplementary motor area.
conclusionsAcupuncture at one side could stimulate bilateral regions. CAT could evoke the gyrus which was possibly related to motor recovery from stroke. A promising indicator of neurobiological deficiencies could be represented by ReHo values in post-stroke patients.
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