Research Article
Warm Needling Therapy and Acupuncture at Meridian-Sinew Sites Based on the Meridian-Sinew Theory: Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the patients in the two groups.
| | Characteristics | Treatment group | Control group | value |
| | Age (years) | 63.73 ± 11.65 | 65.53 ± 10.67 | 0.37 | | Sex (male : female) | 44 : 18 | 45 : 17 | 0.82 | | Duration of stroke (days) | 120.0 ± 224.232 | 104.5 ± 159.717 | 0.658 | | Duration of shoulder pain (days) | 99.613 ± 208.545 | 74.194 ± 130.931 | 0.418 | | NIHSSΔ | 5.98 ± 2.37 | 6.35 ± 2.44 | 0.40 | | Stroke type (infarction : hemorrhage) | 51 : 11 | 53 : 9 | 0.87 | | Muscle strength (0 : I : II : III : IV) | 8 : 1 : 15 : 25 : 13 | 9 : 2 : 12 : 25 : 14 | 0.95 | | Other treatments for shoulder pain | | | | | Acupuncture and moxibustion | 42 | 42 | 1.000 | | West treatment | 62 | 62 | 1.000 | | Physical treatment | 2 | 3 | 1.000 |
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NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale.
Number presented for each group.
Mean ± SD presented for each group.
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