[Acupuncture treatment for a patient with diffuse axonal injury--report no. 2]

Masui. 2007 Oct;56(10):1206-10.
[Article in Japanese]

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Therapy / methods*
  • Adult
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Cerebrovascular Circulation
  • Consciousness Disorders / etiology
  • Consciousness Disorders / therapy
  • Diffuse Axonal Injury / complications
  • Diffuse Axonal Injury / physiopathology
  • Diffuse Axonal Injury / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Muscle Spasticity / etiology
  • Muscle Spasticity / therapy
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome