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

Table 15

The change in value of scores of MAS, FMA, Barthel, NIHSS, and SSQOL between two groups after 12 weeks of treatment compared to the baseline.

	Treatment group		Control group
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
MAS_	18.306	9.073	12.906	9.876	4.395	0.000
FMA	37.759	22.376	24.897	19.737	4.631	0.000
Barthel	37.893	20.522	24.641	18.761	5.194	0.000
NIHSS	−5.711	5.021	−5.496	4.408	−0.351	0.726
SSQOL	67.215	39.603	40.632	33.334	5.593	0.000