OBJECTIVE: The effect of electrical acupuncture on the movement functions of the limbs of the patients with acute cerebral infarction (ACI) was discussed in this paper. METHODS: 60 cases with ACI, who received a treatment in the First People's Hospital of Shunde from June 2009 to December 2011, were randomly divided into treatment group (30 cases) and control group (30 cases); the conventional treatment such as drug and early recovery was applied in the control group, and the electrical acupuncture was combined with the conventional treatment in the treatment group. The movement functions of the patients were evaluated respectively before and after treatment, and also the MF and MPF values gained by the electromyography signals of the main muscles in the active assistant and passive movements of healthy side lower limbs were tested respectively before and after treatment. RESULTS: After the treatment, the treatment group was significantly higher than control groups in the scores of Fugl Meyer lower limb, and the difference was of statisitical significance (p < 0.05); the main passive movement MPF values and passive movement MF values of lower limb rectus femoris and semteninosus of the treatment group were significantly different (p < 0.05) from their own values before the treatment and those of the control group. CONCLUSION: Electrical acupuncture plays an effect on the surface electromyography signals of limb muscles, and also promotes the recovery of the movement functions of the patients with acute cerebral infarction.

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