Fw: Clinical trial of acupuncture for patients with spinal cord injuries

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Just Brande again passing on something.

Thought some of you might be interested in this. I got it off the Spinal

Cord Injury List I am on.

Me

Nebraska, USA

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> Clinical trial of acupuncture for patients with spinal cord injuries

> Am Journal Phys Med Rehabil, January 1, 2003; 82(1): 21-7

>

> Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial

> Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.

>

> OBJECTIVE: To examine whether electrical acupuncture therapy through

> adhesive surface electrodes and concomitant auricular acupuncture therapy

> could improve the neurologic or functional recovery in acute traumatic

> spinal cord injury patients.

>

> DESIGN: A total of 100 acute traumatic spinal cord injury patients with

> American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) impairment grading of A and B

were

> recruited into this study. They were randomly divided into the acupuncture

> and control groups. In the acupuncture group, electrical acupuncture

therapy

> via the adhesive surface electrodes were applied to the bilateral Hou Hsi

> (SI3) and Shen Mo (B62) acupoints. In auricular acupuncture, four

acupoints

> related to the spinal cord were selected for stimulation at the antihelix,

> helix, and lower portion of the ear-back areas. Acupuncture therapy was

> initiated early in the emergency room setting or soon after spinal

surgical

> intervention. Rehabilitation therapy was also provided to the patients

> during acupuncture therapy. In the control group, only rehabilitation

> therapy was provided to the patients. Neurologic and functional scores

were

> assessed during the time of admission, hospital discharge, and 1-yr

> postinjury follow-up.

>

> RESULTS: There were significant improvements in neurologic (sensory and

> motor), functional, and FIM scores in the acupuncture group compared with

> the initial admission period when assessed during the time of hospital

> discharge and the 1-yr postinjury follow-up. A greater percentage of

> patients in the acupuncture group recovered to a higher ASIA impairment

> grading.

>

> CONCLUSION: The use of concomitant auricular and electrical acupuncture

> therapies, when implemented early in acute spinal cord injury, can

> contribute to significant neurologic and functional recoveries.

>

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