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Article: Spinal cord injury: management by acupuncture.(care and treatment)
- Article from:
- The Journal of Chinese Medicine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2006
- Author:
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Abstract
The treatment of spinal cord injury presents major difficulties. Practitioners of both Western and Chinese medicine have tried various methods to restore proper physiological and neurological functioning to the many affected paraplegic patients in the world. This article will explore the management of paraplegia through the use of acupuncture, in combination with neuroanatomical science, in order to provide acupuncturists with a better understanding of this debilitating disorder.
Keywords:
Paraplegia, quadriplegia, acupuncture, neuroanatomical science, flexion reflex, spinal cord injury.
Introduction
Spinal cord ...