Research Article
Efficacy of Manipulative Acupuncture Therapy Monitored by LSCI Technology in Patients with Severe Bell’s Palsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 3
Primary and secondary outcomes after 8 weeks of treatment and after 6 months after the onset of facial paralysis.
| Characteristics | Acupuncture group (n = 20) | Manipulative acupuncture under LSCI group (n = 32) | value |
| Recovery rate at 8 weeks (%) | 33.9 | 53.3 | 0.033 | Recovery rate at 6 months (%) | 78.0 | 91.7 | 0.037 | HBGS grade at 8 weeks (n) | 11 | 5 | 0.018 | IV | 10 | 3 | 0.038 | V | 1 | 2 | VI | 0 | 0 | HBGS grade at 6 months (n) | 1 | 0 | IV | 1 | 0 | V | 0 | 0 | VI | 0 | 0 | Number of treatments at 6 months | 19.65 ± 2.96 | 16.75 ± 4.09 | 0.008 | Acute exacerbation | 5 (25.0%) | 5 (15.6) | 0.48 |
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