Speaker Biography

Zhen-huan LIU

Nanhai Hospital for Women and Children, P.R.China

Title: A randomized controlled study and Evaluation of Children with Cerebral Palsy by Mind Acupuncture

Zhen-huan LIU
Biography:

Professor LIU ZHEN-HUAN，is the deputy manager of the Affiliated Maternity and Child Care Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. The director of the Rehabilitation Child of hospital, and the Doctoral tutor of the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. Prof. Liu became one of the paediatricians who received the special state Council allowance in China in 1994, was given the title of the prominent contribute youth expert by the Healthy Ministry of China in 2002, Prof. Liu got the honour of “model worker in nationwide”. In addition, Prof. Liu is also the adjunct professor of The Chinese university of Hong Kong and Pharmacy and the Health Institute of Indonesian Ministry of Health. Professor Liu is famous Pediatric Neurology /Acupuncture Doctor in The world
 
Prof. Liu has the experience of more than 30 years specializing in TCM- Western pediatrics studies and 20 years in rehabilitation for cerebral palsy. He founded the Rehabilitation Centre for Cerebral Palsy of the Affiliated Maternity and Child Care Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine，which is one of the world's renowned medical department. Since foundation, it has received more than 30,000 children with mental retardation and cerebral palsy from many countries, including China, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Singapore, Poland, etc. Prof. Liu has also actively involved in the academic field. Since 1993, he has been giving seminars and academic exchange programs with world renowned scholars from Oxford University, Cambridge University, in the field of the application and assessment of the application of acupuncture treatment for brain and cerebral palsy rehabilitation in children throughout the world such as The United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, Norway, and so on.

Abstract:

To investigate the effects of clearing the mind Acupuncture in neural development and remediation of children with cerebral palsy. Methods: 200 cases of children with cerebral palsy were randomly divided into the treatment group (n = 100) and the control group (n = 100). The treatment group was given the combined therapy of acupuncture and rehabilitation training, The control group was only treated with rehabilitation training. A contrastive analysis of the therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training and pure rehabilitation training was made after a treatment course of 3 months. The Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and Beijing Gesell Developmental Scale were adopted to assess the neural development and rehabilitation outcomes of the two groups. In addition, skull MRI was adopted to evaluate the plerosis of injured cerebral nerve after treatment. Results: The total effective rate in treatment group was 87%, significantly higher than the 55% in the control group. The children’s development quotient (DQ) tested by Gesell Developmental Scale and scores tested by GMFM in the treatment group was obviously higher than the control group (P < 0.01). The improving and curing rates presented by skull MRI in the treatment group were higher than the control group (P < 0.01). Conclusions: Clearing the Governor Vessel and refreshing the mind Needling could accelerate the recovery of injured brain nerve and the reconstruction of brain function. The acupuncture therapy could ameliorate both the motor development and cognitive development. On the other hand, the forward curative effect of acupuncture combined with rehabilitation training was significantly better than the pure rehabilitation training.