Acupuncture Combined With Cognitive Training On Elderly Stroke Patients With Cognitive Impairment And Disability

Objective To explore the interventions of cerebral-apoplexy-induced cognitive function impairment with acupuncture, cognitive therapy and both of them.Methods 90 patients were randomly divided into 3 groups and intervened with acupuncture, cognitive therapy and the integration of acupuncture and cognitive training respectively. The SECF, Barthel Index and WHO-DASII had been administrated.Results The three groups had the same conditions pre-intervention (P>0.05). The subjects had improved their cognitive and XXX conditions with both acupuncture and cognitive therapy (P<0.05). The intervention of acupuncture integrate with cognitive therapy had better results than other interventions(P<0.05). The improvement of disability conditions were significantly correlated to the improvement of cognition (P<0.01).Conclusion The integration of acupuncture and cognitive training can effectively improves the cognitive function for patients with cerebral apoplexy...