[Effect of Acupuncture Combined with Rehabilitation on Immune and Neural Functions in Elderly Patients with Stroke].

Objective: To investigate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation and neuro-immune functional activities in elderly patients with stroke.

Methods: A total of 196 elderly stroke patients were randomly divided into control (rehabilitation exercise) and observation(acupuncture＋ rehabilitation exercise)groups (＝98 in each). Patients of the control group were treated by general healing treatment including good limb placement, timely conversion of body position, joint-motor exercise, sitting balance exercise, sitting-standing-walking, walking up and down stairs, daily life ability exercise, etc.