Lee Hyangsook, Park Hi-Joon, Park Jongbae, Kim Mi-Ja, Hong Meesuk, Yang Jongsoo, Choi Sunmi, Lee Hyejung
Acupuncture and Meridian Science Research Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul 130-701, Korea.
Neurol Res. 2007;29 Suppl 1:S49-54. doi: 10.1179/016164107X172211.
Acupuncture has been widely used for a range of neurological disorders. Despite its popularity, the evidence to support the use of acupuncture is contradictory.
This review was designed to summarize and to evaluate the available evidence of acupuncture for neurological disorders.
Most of the reviewed studies suffer from lack of methodological rigor. Owing to paucity and poor quality of the primary studies, no firm conclusion could be drawn on the use of acupuncture for epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ataxic disorders, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal cord injury. For stroke rehabilitation, the evidence from recent high-quality trials and previous systematic reviews is not convincing.
More rigorous trials are warranted to establish acupuncture's role in neurological disorders.
针灸已广泛应用于一系列神经系统疾病。尽管其广受欢迎，但支持使用针灸的证据相互矛盾。
本综述旨在总结和评估针灸治疗神经系统疾病的现有证据。
大多数纳入综述的研究缺乏方法学的严谨性。由于原始研究数量稀少且质量欠佳，对于针灸用于癫痫、阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病、共济失调症、多发性硬化症、肌萎缩侧索硬化症和脊髓损伤的疗效，无法得出确切结论。对于中风康复，近期高质量试验和既往系统评价的证据并不令人信服。
需要进行更严谨的试验来确定针灸在神经系统疾病中的作用。
