摘要
Objective To observe the effects of tongue and nape acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training group of dysarthria on speech function in post-stroke dysarthria patients,and to explore the treatment of dysarthria.Methods Eighty patients with dysarthria were randomly divided into observation group(40 cases)and control group(40 cases).The patients in the two groups were treated with conventional treatment.The patients in the control group were treated with the acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training group of dysarthria;the patients in the observation group were treated additionally with tongue acupuncture,once a day,6 days per week for 2 weeks.The patients were evaluated with general dysarthria scale and dysarthria checklist of Chinese Rehabilitation Study Center before and after 2-week treatment.Results After treatment,the total score and each item score of general dysarthria scale were reduced(all P<0.05);all the score in the observation group was lower than those in the control group(all P<0.05),except the score of jaw which had no significant difference between the two groups.After treatment,the dysarthria checklist of Chinese Rehabilitation Study Center in the observation group was superior to that in the control group(P<0.05).The total effective rate was 85.0%(30/40)in the observation group,which was higher than 67.5%(27/40)in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion Tongue acupuncture,nape acupuncture and rehabilitation training group of dysarthria could effectively improve the speech function of post-stroke dysarthria patients.
