The Effects of Acupuncture on Shoulder-Hand Syndrome (SHS) as a Complication of Hemiplegia.

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  • TSUIKI Mari
    Hospital of Printing Bureau of Ministry of Finance
  • YOSHIDA Akira
    Hospital of Printing Bureau of Ministry of Finance
  • YASUNO Fumiko
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University
  • AIKAWA Yoshihiro
    Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University
  • FUKUDA Fumihiko
    Department of Clinical Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Meiji University of Oriental Medicine
  • SAKAI Tomomi
    Laboratory of Acupuncture Science, Tsukuba College of Technology

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  • 片麻ひに合併した肩手症候群に対するはり治療の効果
  • カタマヒ ニ ガッペイ シタ ケンシュ ショウコウグン ニ タイスル ハリチリョウ ノ コウカ

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Hemiplegia after a cerebrovascular event is a complication that causes problems in daily life such as difficulty of walking and may lead to social disadvantages. Furthermore, various subsequent health issues that accompany hemiplegia tend to hinder rehabilitation. In particular, Shoulder-Hand Syndrome (SHS) is an intractably painful disease with primary symptoms of pain and swelling in the upper limbs of patients. We investigated the effect of the acupuncture treatment on those patients with hemiplegia after a cerebrovascular event who are suspected to have SHS because of such symptoms as pain, swelling, and paresthesia in the upper limb of the affected side by measuring the changes in the numerical scale (NS), Gibbons' RSD score, and range of motion (ROM) in upper extremities.<br>The present study consisted of 13 hemiplegic subjects (eight males, five females) with pain, swelling, and paresthesia in the upper limbs. Acupuncture treatment was applied twice a week for over two months. Specifically electrical acupuncture and/or the retaining needle technique was applied to the upper extremities for 20 minutes in each session. Of 13 participants, 10 showed a significant decrease in NS (reduced by five or more points), eight showed improvement of the swelling in the upper limbs, and nine showed reduction in paresthesia.<br>From these results, we concluded that the acupuncture treatment was effective for SHS that accompanies hemiplegia after a cerebrovascular event and that the improvement of the peripheral blood flow might play an important role in generating treatment effects.

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