Published online Dec 26, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i24.6282
Peer-review started: September 1, 2020
First decision: September 13, 2020
Revised: September 26, 2020
Accepted: October 20, 2020
Article in press: October 20, 2020
Published online: December 26, 2020
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For most patients with stroke, routine gait training does not effectively restore normal gait.
To provide a theoretical basis and practical guidance for the rehabilitation of walking ability in stroke patients.
To investigate the effects of eye acupuncture retaining needle and body acupuncture combined with routine rehabilitation on walking ability and plantar pressure in patients with stroke recovery.
Thirty-two stroke patients who met the inclusion criteria were randomly divided into an experimental group and a control group, with 16 patients each. Both groups were treated by routine rehabilitation. On the basis of this, the experimental group was treated by eye acupuncture retaining needle, and the control group was treated by body acupuncture. Before and after 4 wk of treatment, gait tests were performed on both groups by kinematic and plantar pressure synchronous testing.
Eye acupuncture retaining needle effectively improved the patients in step length, speed, frequency, lower extremity joint angle, gravity center swing scope, peak pressure values, and impulse in the anterior and posterior regions of both the affected and healthy feet.
This study demonstrated that eye acupuncture retaining needle and body acupuncture combined with routine rehabilitation can effectively improve the walking ability of patients.
The results for long-term treatment are unknown, so whether there will still be similarities in intergroup changes at longer time points remains to be studied in the future.