In 1995 we reported that acupuncture treatment of @entity64 @entity1 in the subacute stage resulted in added therapeutic benefit. The purpose of the present study was to determine, one year after discharge from the rehabilitation centre, whether the treatment continued to have effect. Initially, 45 @entity64 @entity1 were included in the study; median 40 days post @entity64 . The @entity1 were randomized into two groups; one acupuncture group and one control group, taking into considering the @entity1 ' sex and the actual site of the lesion. All subjects received an individually adapted, multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme. The acupuncture group received additional treatment with classical acupuncture for six weeks. The @entity1 were thereafter given individual treatment at the rehabilitation centre and then under the primary health care service. 41 of the @entity1 were available for further study one year after treatment ended; 21 @entity1 from the acupuncture group and 20 from the control group. The results show that there was a significantly greater improvement in the acupuncture group than in the control group, both during the six-week treatment period, and even more so during the following year. These assessments were based on the Motor Assessment Scale, the Sunnaas Index of Daily Living (ADL), the Nottingham Health Profile and the @entity1 ' social circumstances.

[Acupuncture in XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity64 :: ('MESH:D020521', 'Disease') :: ['stroke']
@entity64 :: (MESH:D020521,Disease) :: ['stroke']
