Abstract: ObjectiveTo observe the effect of Integrated Chinese-western three-stage rehabilitation on activities of daily living (ADL) in stroke patients. Methods60 stroke patients were randomly divided into the trial group and control group with 30 cases in each group. Patients of control group were treated with routine neurological interventions and three-stage rehabilitation, while those of trial group were administered resuscitating acupuncture therapy, scalp and body acupuncture in addition. All the patients were assessed with modified Barthel index (MBI) at the beginning, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months respectively after stroke. ResultsThere was no significant difference in ADL between the trial and control groups at the beginning, and both improved at the following period (P<0.01). At each of the following period, either the ADL scores (P<0.05) or the increase of the ADL scores (P<0.05) of the trial group were significant higher than those of the control group. ConclusionIntegrated Chinese-western three-stage rehabilitation could improve the ADL further for the stroke patients.

Key words: stroke, activities of daily living (ADL), Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, acupuncture, rehabilitation