Association between handgrip strength and mortality risk among cardiovascular disease patients: A cohort study from the NHANES 2011-2014.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and handgrip strength (HGS) are recognized mortality risk factors. However, the synergistic effect of CVD and HGS on mortality remains unclear. This study investigated the relationship between HGS and mortality in CVD patients.

Effects of acupuncture combined with five-element music for people with mild/moderate post-stroke depression: A randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with five-element music (FEM) as an therapeutic strategy for the physical and mental state of Post-stroke depression patients.

Design And Setting: Multicenter, randomized clinical trial conducted at 3 hospitals in China and enrolling 237 patients with PSD between June 2019 and April 2021. Participants mild/moderate PSD (17-item GRID Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) score 7-24) were randomly assigned (1:1) to acupuncture combined with FEM (AFEM) group or cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) group.

Realization path and connotation of the Healthy China strategy: macroscopic perspective of dietary structure and the entry of individual health consciousness.

Background: Dietary rationality and health concept have certain influence on individual health level. This study aims to explore the characteristics and existing problems of Chinese residents' health behaviors from both macro and micro perspectives, and explore the feasibility and realization path of Healthy China strategy.

Methods: We utilized regression models to evaluate the correlation between diet and the risk of disease causes of death.

A randomized controlled trial of a modified wheelchair arm-support to reduce shoulder pain in stroke patients.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of modified wheelchair arm-support to mitigate hemiplegic shoulder pain and reduce pain frequency in stroke patients.

Design: A single-blind randomized controlled trial using computer-generated simple randomization.

Setting: Participants recruited from inpatients at the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine.

Buyang Huanwu decoction facilitates neurorehabilitation through an improvement of synaptic plasticity in cerebral ischemic rats.

Background: Loss of neural function is a critical but unsolved issue after cerebral ischemia insult. Neuronal plasticity and remodeling are crucial for recovery of neural functions after brain injury. Buyang Huanwu decoction, which is a classic formula in traditional Chinese medicine, can positively alter synaptic plasticity.

[Acupuncture at Baihui(GV 20) and Shenting(GV 24) combined with basic treatment and regular rehabilitation for post-stroke cognitive impairment:a randomized controlled trial].

Objective: To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture at Baihui(GV 20) and Shenting(GV 24) combined with rehabilitation for post-stroke cognitive impairment(PSCI).

Methods: Fifty patients with PSCI were randomly assigned to an observation group and a control group,25 cases in each one. In the control group,basic treatment and regular rehabilitation were applied.

[Effect of Comprehensive Protocol of Integrative Medicine on Motor Function, Activity of Daily Living and Quality of Life in Hemiplegia Patients after Stroke].

Objective: To explore the effects of integrative medicine (IM) rehabilitation protocolon motor function, activity of daily living, and quality of life (QOL) in hemiplegia patients after stroke.

Methods: Totally 120 patients with post-stroke hemiplegia were allocated to four groups using sealed envalope drawing, i.e.

[Effects of qi-supplementing dominated Chinese materia medica combined with rehabilitation training on the quality of life of ischemic post-stroke fatigue patients of qi deficiency syndrome].

Objective: To observe the effects of qi-supplementing dominated Chinese materia medica (QSDCMM) combined with rehabilitation training on the quality of life (QOL) of ischemic post-stroke fatigue (PSF) patients of qi deficiency syndrome.

Methods: Ninety ischemic stroke patients of qi deficiency were randomly assigned to 3 groups, 30 in each. Patients in the Chinese medicine treatment group were treated with oral administration of QSDCMM decoction and rehabilitation.