[Acupuncture treatment for a patient with diffuse axonal injury--report no. 2].
Masui
; 56(10): 1206-10, 2007 Oct.
Article
em Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17966630
ABSTRACT
Acupuncture has been applied as a therapeutic technique in China, Japan and East Asia. Recently, its application is extended to treat neural injuries. We describe a 26-year-old man with consciousness disturbance and intense muscle spasticity of extremities due to severe diffuse axonal injury (DAI) in whom acupuncture treatment for 1 month was effective to alleviate these symptoms remarkably. We also investigated the cerebral blood flow two times by 123I-IMP SPECT in acupuncture period. Acupuncture treatment may be effective to improve consciousness disturbance and intense spasticity of DAI and to modulate cerebral blood flow.
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Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia por Acupuntura
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Lesão Axonal Difusa
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Ja
Revista:
Masui
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article