Thesis
“EFECTO DE LA CRÁNEOACUPUNTURA CON ESTÍMULO ELÉCTRICO VS ESTÍMULO MANUAL EN PACIENTES CON SECUELAS DE EVC
Autor
BARRERA ACUÑA, GUADALUPE BEATRIZ
Institución
Resumen
Objective: To compare the effect of the Skullacupuncture with manual stimulation
(M) vs. electrical stimulation (EA) in patients with sequelae secondary to stroke.
Methodology: A study in 23 patients with sequelae of stroke of any etiology of
which 15 were women and 8 men who were divided into 2 groups.
Group A consists of 9 patients who were applied cráneoacupuntura with manual
stimulation (M) in motor and lobby area to work on toning hearing for a minute,
leaving the needles to stay for twenty minutes in ten treatment sessions.
Group B included 10 patients who were applied electrical stimulation (EA) in motor
and lobby area listening, with scattered heavy current for twenty minutes in ten
treatment sessions. Both groups were evaluated with modified Ashworth scale
and Barthel index.
Results: A comparative analysis of means between groups found that the
characteristics between groups at baseline were homogeneous. 3 patients were
discharged.
Ashworth: Group A: skull acupuncture with manual stimulation (M) had an
improvement with significance of P less than 0.05.
Group B: Cráneoacupuntura with electrical stimulation (EA) found that patients
had a statistically significant p <than 0.05.
When comparing one group against another finding no statistical significance
when comparing the two groups start with p = 0.7 and finally a p = 0.4. Barthel: Group A with manual stimulation (M), patients began with an average of
41 points; toward the third measurement the patients had an average score of 39
points registering an improvement of up to 5 points.
Group B with electrical stimulation (EA), had an average start of 45 points in the
second measure was a change of 4 points for the last measurement there was a
variance of 9 points on average.
This study revealed that electrical stimulation is not statistically better than manual
stimulation.
It notes, however, a tendency to get more improvement with electrical simulation
than with manual simulation.