Deans' stroke musings: Current Opinion in Acupuncture on Stroke Rehabilitation

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Current Opinion in Acupuncture on Stroke Rehabilitation

I don't see how this proves anything about acupuncture use. One of approaches in combined rehabilitation programmes. That statement alone invalidates any conclusions they make. But you can have your doctor read the 60 pages anyway.
http://www.atcm.co.uk/PDF%20files/ATCM%20Journals/ATCM%20JOURNAL%20September%202014%20-%2021%282%29.pdf#page=12

Maggie Ju

London

Email: maggie12201@hotmail.com

Abstract:

Disability rate is very high after stroke attack. Motor function deficits, aphasia, post stroke depression and urinary incontinence are very common conditions in post stroke patients. To maximise recovery from stroke, reduce disability, improve quality of life for post stroke patients, acupuncture is commonly used for stroke rehabilitation in China. Usually acupuncture is one of approaches in combined rehabilitation programmes. Current research from China also provided some evidences to support the effectiveness of acupuncture on post stroke complications.

Acupuncture improved motor function and helped with aphasia recovery. Also acupuncture was reported to effectively treat post stroke depression and urinary incontinence which leads to better quality of life for post stroke patients. The mechanisms of acupuncture treatments include that first acupuncture increased brain network connectivity and increased brain network activity and second acupuncture improved blood supply to the brain.

It does say opinion rather than facts.