Objective To observe clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture(EA) for post-stroke urinary incontinence in patients.Methods A total of 111 stroke inpatients with urinary incontinence were randomly divided into EA group(n=56) and control group(n=55).Patients of the control group were treated by administration of calcium ion antagon

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor

angiotensin Ⅱ receptor antagonist

compound thromb-clearing agent(i.v.)

etc.

and acupuncture of Jianyu(LI 15)

Xuehai(SP10)

etc.Patients of the EA group were treated by EA of bilateral Shenshu(BL23)

Huiyang(BL35)

etc.

combined with the treatment as the control group.The treatment was conducted once daily for 4 weeks.Crooks(1995) Scores of the clinical symptoms and clinical efficacy assessment were given before and after the treatment.Results After the treatment

the severity of urinary incontinence and symptom scores in both control and EA groups were decreased significantly in comparison with pre-treatment(P<0.01).Following the treatment

of the 55 and 56 stroke patients in the control and EA groups

0 and 4(7.1%) were cured in the symptoms of frequent micturition

urgency of micturition and incontinence of urine

20(36.4%) and 35(62.5%) were effective

35(63.6%) and 17(30.4%) were invalid

with the effective rates being 36.4% and 69.6%

respectively.The therapeutic effect of EA group was apparently superior to that of the control group(P<0.01).In addition

the infection rate of the EA group was strikingly lower than that of the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion EA can lower the severity of urinary incontinence and improve clinical symptoms of micturition in stroke patients.