Pelvic floor muscle training combined with electroacupuncture for bladder dysfunction after incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial
LI Zhenxing, YANG Xiangyu, ZHOU Binbin, et al. Pelvic floor muscle training combined with electroacupuncture for bladder dysfunction after incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2024, 44(9): 983-988.
LI Zhenxing, YANG Xiangyu, ZHOU Binbin, et al. Pelvic floor muscle training combined with electroacupuncture for bladder dysfunction after incomplete spinal cord injury: a randomized controlled trial[J]. Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion, 2024, 44(9): 983-988.DOI: 10.13703/j.0255-2930.20230831-0004.
To observe the efficacy of pelvic floor muscle training combined with electroacupuncture (EA) for bladder dysfunction after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI).
Methods
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Ninety patients with bladder dysfunction after incomplete SCI were randomly divided into an EA group (30 cases)
a pelvic floor muscle training group (30 cases
1 case dropped out)
and a combined group (30 cases
1 case dropped out). All groups received routine rehabilitation. The EA group received EA at Zhongji (CV 3)
Guanyuan (CV 4)
Mingmen (GV 4)
Yaoyangguan (GV 3)
bilateral Shenshu (BL 23)
Ciliao (BL 32)
and Pangguangshu (BL 28)
with continuous waves at frequency of 100 Hz
and the needles were retained for 30 min
once daily
6 times a week for 6 weeks. The pelvic floor muscle training group underwent pelvic floor muscle training two times a day
for 6 weeks. The combined group received both EA and pelvic floor muscle training. The daily average number of urinations
daily average number of urinary leakages
urodynamic indexes (residual urine volume
maximum bladder capacity
bladder compliance
and maximum urine flow rate)
and generic quality of life inventory-74 (GQOLI-74) were compared before and after treatment in each group.
Results
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Compared before treatment
the daily average number of urinations and urinary leakages were decreased (
P
<
0.05)
residual urine volume
maximum bladder capacity
and bladder compliance were reduced (
P
<
0.05)
and maximum urine flow rate and GQOLI-74 scores were increased (
P
<
0.05) after treatment in all groups. After treatment
the combined group showed greater differences in the daily average number of urinations
daily average number of urinary leakages
residual urine volume
maximum bladder capacity
bladder compliance
maximum urine flow rate
and GQOLI-74 score compared to the EA group and the pelvic floor muscle training group (
P
<
0.05). There was no statistically significant differences in the changes in these indexes between the EA group and the pelvic floor muscle training group (
P
>
0.05).
Conclusion
2
Pelvic floor muscle training combined with EA can effectively alleviate urination problems in patients with bladder dysfunction after incomplete SCI