A Comparative Study of Therapeutic Effects between Laser Acupoint Irradiation and Acupuncture on Symptoms in Patients with Vascular Dementia
Abstract：Objective To probe the effects of laser acupuncture and acupuncture on vascular dementia(VD) . Methods 62 patients
suffering from VD were randomly divided into two groups, the laser acupuncture group(31cases) and the acupuncture group(31eases)
. Changes in scoring value of HDS-R(Hasegawa dementia scale ), ADL(ability of daily living scale), nerve dysfunction score and mainsymptoms were examined and compared before and after treatment. The course was 42 days. Results The scoring value of HDS -R in-
creased significantly( P＜ 0.05, P＜ 0.01 ) in two groups. The clinical symptoms in patients were alleviated markedly in two groups( P ＜0. 005) . But the effects of the acupuncture group was better than those of the laser acupuncture group in ADL, nerve dysfunction and bodysymptoms( P＜0.05). Conclusions Our study indicated that the laser acupuncture therapy could promote the VD patients in intelligence,
ability of daily life and quality of life. Its recent therapeutic effect was remarkable, but it could not completely replace the traditionalacupuncture therapy.
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Publication Date：2001-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 36-37 )