The Effect of Acupuncture on the Motor Function and White Matter Microstructure in @entity385 XXXX .

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UNASSIGNED: Evidence shows that @entity385 can induce brain structural reorganization. Acupuncture is advised as an adjunct to mainstream rehabilitation after @entity64 . However, the effectiveness of acupuncture is inconsistent among previous studies. Fourteen @entity63 @entity1 were collected and divided into two groups: conventional treatment group (CG) and acupuncture treatment group (AG). The results of a Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) and diffusion tensor imaging were collected before and after treatment. The AG exhibited a higher improvement in FMA than the CG. Repeated measures analysis of variance on diffusion data only found a significant main effect for scanning time point in all diffusion indices. In each group, a postpair t-test revealed that diffusion indices values were changed significantly after treatment intervention in the body of the corpus callosum and bilateral corticospinal tracts, the @entity75 , the cingulum gyrus, and the thalamic radiation. However, there was no significant difference in the diffusion indices between the two groups. In conclusion, acupuncture had a better behavioral score than traditional medicine treatment. However, acupuncture did not significantly change WM in the AG compared to the CG as expected within one month after the intervention.
