Efficacy of Electroacupuncture with Sparse-Dense-Wave on Patients Suffered Acute Facial Paralysis

Figures & data

Table 1 Comparison of Efficacy in Terms of Improvement in Facial Paralysis Between the Two Groups (n = 50)

Group	Recovery	Marked Improvement	Improvement	Ineffective	Total Effectiveness Rate	P
Control group	14	21	8	7	86.00%	0.027
Sparse-dense wave group	24	18	7	1	98.00%

Table 2 Comparison of Efficacy in Terms of Improvement in Facial Spasm Between the Two Groups (n = 50)

Group	Recovery	Marked Improvement	Improvement	Ineffective	Total Effectiveness Rate
Control group	28 (56.00%)	10	9	3	94.00%
Sparse-dense wave group	38 (76.00%)	7	4	1	98.00%
P	0.035				0.307

Table 3 Changes in EMG of Patients in Both Groups (, n = 50)

Group	F Wave Time Duration (ms)			F Wave Amplitude (µV)			Nerve Conduction Velocity of Affected Side (m/s)
	T0	T1	T2	T0	T1	T2	T0	T1	T2
Control group	9.20±1.75	8.24±1.36	7.46±1.58	71.28±8.53	68.34±7.55	65.19±8.15	23.03±3.05	24.92±2.79	28.44±2.76
Sparse-dense wave group	9.14±1.83	6.56±1.41	5.29±1.51	71.56±8.17	62.38±7.69	53.56±8.41	22.85±3.16	26.60±2.84	30.71±2.69
P	0.867	0.000	0.000	0.867	0.000	0.000	0.773	0.004	0.000

Table 4 Changes in FDI Scores of Patients in Both Groups (Points, , n = 50)

Group	Before Treatment	After Treatment	P	Before Treatment	After Treatment	P
Control group	15.49 ± 2.63	19.60 ± 2.57	0.000	10.45 ± 1.86	8.55 ± 1.65	0.000
Sparse-dense wave group	15.37 ± 2.85	22.16 ± 2.24	0.000	10.23 ± 1.93	6.43 ± 1.58	0.000
P	0.827	0.000		0.563	0.000

Table 5 Changes in Serum Immunoglobulin Levels in Both Groups (, n = 50)

Index	Group	Before Treatment	After Treatment	P1	P2	P3
IgA (g/L)	Control group	4.25 ± 0.98	3.48 ± 0.75	0.000	0.752	0.014
	Sparse-dense wave group	4.31 ± 0.91	3.12 ± 0.69	0.000
IgG (g/L)	Control group	15.28 ± 1.73	12.62 ± 1.55	0.000	0.886	0.000
	Sparse-dense wave group	15.33 ± 1.75	11.30 ± 1.34	0.000
IgM (g/L)	Control group	4.20 ± 0.57	2.81 ± 0.43	0.000	0.606	0.000
	Sparse-dense wave group	4.14 ± 0.59	2.32 ± 0.41	0.000

Notes: “P1” represented the comparison of serum immunoglobulin levels between before and after treatment in the same group; “P2” represented the comparison of serum immunoglobulin levels between control group and sparse-dense wave group before treatment; “P3” represented the comparison of serum immunoglobulin levels between control group and sparse-dense wave group after treatment.