Effect of “Deqi” during the Study of Needling “Wang’s Jiaji” Acupoints Treating Spasticity after Stroke

Table 11

The change in value of scores of MAS, FMA, Barthel, NIHSS, and SSQOL between two groups after 4 weeks of treatment compared to the baseline.

	Treatment group		Control group
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
MAS_	11.504	10.453	8.769	7.824	2.279	0.024
FMA	26.132	23.718	20.615	14.582	2.153	0.032
Barthel	25.703	20.609	18.231	17.710	2.995	0.003
NIHSS	−4.298	4.79	−3.778	4.159	−0.893	0.373
SSQOL	42.546	37.306	30.513	28.439	2.791	0.006