ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2020
The Impact of Electroacupuncture at Hegu, Shousanli, and Quchi Based on the Theory "Treating Flaccid Paralysis by Yangming Alone" on Stroke Patients' EEG: A Pilot Study.
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- Electroacupuncture for Motor Recovery in Subacute Stroke: A Randomized Trial Exploring CReST-Related Modulation.Brain and behavior · 2026Trial
- Weakened Effective Connectivity Related to Electroacupuncture in Stroke Patients with Prolonged Flaccid Paralysis: An EEG Pilot Study.Neural plasticity · 2021Trial
- The effect of stepwise acupuncture on cognition, insomnia, and tremors after traumatic brain injury: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Electroacupuncture modulates abnormal brain connectivity after ischemia reperfusion injury in rats: A graph theory-based approach.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Altered brain functional networks after Quchi (LI 11) acupuncture: An EEG analysis.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2023Article
- The treatment of post-stroke dysarthria with a combination of different acupuncture types and language rehabilitation training: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Electroacupuncture treatment improves motor function and neurological outcomes after cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury.Neural regeneration research · 2022Article
- Electroacupuncture Treats Myocardial Infarction by Influencing the Regulation of Substance P in the Neurovascular to Modulate PGI2/TXA2 Metabolic Homeostasis via PI3K/AKT Pathway: A Bioinformatics-Based Multiomics and Experimental Study.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
- Electroacupuncture Alters BCI-Based Brain Network in Stroke Patients.Computational intelligence and neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Anti-apoptosis Effect of Single Electroacupuncture TreatmentFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn China, electroacupuncture based on meridians theory "treating flaccid paralysis by
methodsTwenty-three stroke patients with flaccid paralysis and six stroke patients with spasticity accepted electroacupuncture with the acupoints Hegu [LI4], Shousanli [LI10], and Quchi [LI11] for 20 minutes and their EEG data were recorded before, during, and after the electroacupuncture intervention.
resultsCompared with the baseline EEG signals before electroacupuncture, the ipsilesional and contralesional beta-band average power of patients with flaccid paralysis and spasticity were significantly increased during the needles retention stage and decreased slightly after removing the needles. The significant decrease of the ipsilesional and contralesional delta band average power in patients with flaccid paralysis occurred during the electroacupuncture stimulation, and they increased after the removal of the needles. The ipsilesional delta band average power of patients with spasticity significantly decreased during the electroacupuncture stimulation.
conclusionFrom this pilot electrophysiological study, we provided a possible electrophysiological mechanism of the curative effect of electroacupuncture for stroke rehabilitation.
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