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.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Effect of head acupuncture combined with rehabilitation techniques on movement function of upper limbs after stroke

I find it extremely hard to believe that any acupuncture would have any effect on stroke recovery. With no proven existence of energy meridians there is no logical reason this could occur except as a placebo response. But let the flame wars begin.
http://scholar.google.com/scholar_url?url=http://www.cjrtponline.com/qikan/Epaper/zhaiyao.asp%3Fbsid%3D342&hl=en&sa=X&scisig=AAGBfm1F0nExdETBlCAppqu_7YtdnTFCcQ&nossl=1&oi=scholaralrt
WANG Yan,Lü Xiao-xing,LI Jing,et al
The 2nd Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese traditional Medicine,Ha’erbing 150001,Heilongjiang,China
Received 2002/3/21 Revised Online Accepted
Abstract  
Objective
To study the effect of head acupuncture combined with rehabilitation techniques on movement function of upper limbs after stroke.
Methods
80 patients with stroke were divided randomly into four groups, group 1 for head acupuncture and rehabilitation techniques, group 2 for rehabilitation techniques, group 3 for head acupuncture and group 4 for control. Fugl Meyer Assessment(FMA) and Facility Assessment For Function of Upper Limbs were applied to assess movement function before and after treatment.
Results
The scores of FMA and Facility Assessment For Function of Upper Limbs rised more significantly in group 1,2, and 3 than group 4 (P<0.01) and group 1 outgo group 2,3 yet(P<0.05).
Conclusions
Head acupuncture combined with rehabilitation techniques can improve the movement function of upper limbs of the stroke patients.
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  1. UnknownMay 12, 2015 at 1:33 PM

    After 5 year of fisted left hand and limited range of motion arm (usual stroke arm), I have head acupuncture and also needles around the eyes. Twice a week for 9 months, my left hand can release open now and arm nicely relax straight. It takes a doctor who knows what he is doing. Acupuncture is still an art not science. I am off to relearn the fine motor control and strengthen my arm. It restore my sensation too.

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