Clinical observation on effect of scalp electroacupuncture for mild cognitive impairment  

作　　者：Hong Zhang Ling Zhao Sha Yang Zhigang Chen Yingkun Li Xiaohong Peng Yulong Yang Manjia Zhu 

机构地区：[1]Department of Acupuncture and Tuina, the Chengdu University of Tranditional Chinese Medicine [2]Department of Acupuncture, the Teaching Hospital of Chengdu University of Tranditional Chinese Medicine [3]Department of Tranditional Chinese Medicine,the Chengdu Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine [4]Department of Tranditional Chinese Medicine, the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital

出　　处：《Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine》2013年第1期46-50,共5页中医杂志（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Nature Science Foundation ofChina (No. 81173321)

摘　　要：OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of scalp electroacupuncture for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the early stage. METHODS: Two hundred and thirty three MCI patients were randomly divided into three groups: the drug group, the scalp electroacupuncture group, and the syndrome differentiation group. For the scalp electroacupuncture group, the points of Baihui (DU 20), Sishecong (EX-HN1), Fengchi (GB 20), and Shenting (DU 24) were selected. For the syndrome differentiation group, specific acupoints were added on the basis of syndrome differentiation and according to the scale for the differentiation of syndromes in vascular dementia (SDSVD) beside the acupoints used in the scalp electroacupuncture group. For the drug group, nimodipine was orally administered. Each patient was treated for two courses, eight weeks. The score differences in minimental state examination (MMSE), picture recognition, and clock drawing test were observed before and after the treatment. RESULTS: After treatment, the score differences in MMSE and clock drawing test were of obvious statistical significance among three groups (P<0.01, P<0.05). The score differences in picture recognition were of extremely statistical significance between the scalp electroacupuncture group and the syndrome differentiation group (P<0.01), while the difference was not found in the drug group (P>0.05). There were statistical significant differences in therapeutic effects between the scalp electroacupuncture group and the drug group, and between the syndrome differentiation group and the drug group (P<0.05), while no statistical difference was found between scalp electroacupuncture group and the syndrome differentiation group (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: All the three therapies may improve the cognitive function of MCI patients. The therapeutic effects in the scalp electroacupuncture and syndrome differentiation groups were basically the same, but superior to nimodipine.OBJECTIVE： To evaluate the therapeutic effect of scalp electroacupuncture for mild cognitive impairment （MCI） in the early stage. METHODS： Two hundred and thirty three MCI patients were randomly divided into three groups： the drug group, the scalp electroacupuncture group, and the syndrome differentiation group. For the scalp electroacupuncture group, the points of Baihui （DU 20）, Sishecong （EX-HN1）, Fengchi （GB 20）, and Shenting （DU 24） were selected. For the syndrome differentiation group, specific acupoints were added on the basis of syndrome differentiation and according to the scale for the differentia- tion of syndromes in vascular dementia （SDSVD） beside the acupoints used in the scalp electroacu- puncture group. For the drug group, nimodipine was orally administered. Each patient was treated for two courses, eight weeks. The score differences in mini-mental state examination （MMSE）, picture recognition, and clock drawing test were observed before and after the treatment. RESULTS： After treatment, the score differences in MMSE and clock drawing test were of obvious sta- tistical significance among three groups （P〈0.01, P〈0.05）. The score differences in picture recogni- tion were of extremely statistical significance be- tween the scalp electroacupuncture group and the syndrome differentiation group （P〈0.01）, while the difference was not found in the drug group （P〉0.05）. There were statistical significant differences in therapeutic effects between the scalp electroacupuncture group and the drug group, and between the syndrome differentiation group and the drug group （P〈0.05）, while no statistical difference was found between scalp electroacupuncture group and the syndrome differentiation group （P〉0.05）. CONCLUSION： All the three therapies may improve the cognitive function of MCI patients. The therapeutic effects in the scalp electroacupuncture and syndrome differentiation groups were basically the same, but superior to nimodipine.

关 键 词：Memory disorders Electroacupunc-ture NIMODIPINE Picture recognition Clock draw-ing test 

分 类 号：R246.6[医药卫生—针灸推拿学]