Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic review
Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the leading cause of motor and sensory abnormalities due to damage caused to any part of the spinal cord resulting from trauma, disease, or degeneration. Most of the disability caused will be irreversible with various systemic manifestations. Hence, management...
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| description | Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the leading cause of motor and sensory abnormalities due to damage caused to any part of the spinal cord resulting from trauma, disease, or degeneration. Most of the disability caused will be irreversible with various systemic manifestations. Hence, management of SCI focuses on minimising disability, diminishing limitations due to impairment, and improving quality of life, emotional, and psychological aspects. Aim: This review is aimed at describing Ayurveda, Yoga, and Acupuncture therapies in the management of SCI as individual and integrated approaches for alleviating the symptom score in patients with SCI. Methods: The data was collected from six databases, including PubMed Central, the Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Grey Literature. The subjects in these studies were between the ages group 21–70 years and had been previously diagnosed with SCI and its clinical presentation. The interventions used in the selected studies incorporate Ayurveda (medicinal system of longevity) herbal medications, Panchakarma (five methods) treatment, diet, and yoga (mind-body medicine) therapy. Full-text publications in English, and research designs such as randomised controlled trials, case studies, review articles and cohort studies were included. Letter to the editor, study protocol, animal trials, and in vitro studies were excluded. Results: 216 records were identified using keywords such as spinal cord injury, Äyurveda, Acupuncture, païca karma, rehabilitation, and yoga. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, 28 articles were selected for synthesis, which contain 12 case studies, 12 literature review articles, 2 randomised controlled trials, 1 cohort study, and 1 meta-analysis. Conclusion: The integration of Ayurveda management, including Panchakarmatherapy and Ayurveda medications, with other alternative therapies like Acupuncture, Yoga, and Rehabilitation improved muscle strength, quality of life, range of motion, and neuronal function, and reduced depression, stress, and pain with symptom scores. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d40ffa03f084693bcb167c0dd8a1d302023-08-12T04:33:41ZengElsevierJournal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine0975-94762023-07-01144100749Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic reviewSujatha KJ0Manjunath NK1Ahalya PG2Division of Natural Therapeutics, SDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Ujire, D.K. Affiliated to RGUHS, Bangalore, Karnataka, India; Corresponding author.S-VYASA University, Bengaluru IndiaSDM College of Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Ujire, D.K.Affiliated to RGUHS, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaBackground: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is the leading cause of motor and sensory abnormalities due to damage caused to any part of the spinal cord resulting from trauma, disease, or degeneration. Most of the disability caused will be irreversible with various systemic manifestations. Hence, management of SCI focuses on minimising disability, diminishing limitations due to impairment, and improving quality of life, emotional, and psychological aspects. Aim: This review is aimed at describing Ayurveda, Yoga, and Acupuncture therapies in the management of SCI as individual and integrated approaches for alleviating the symptom score in patients with SCI. Methods: The data was collected from six databases, including PubMed Central, the Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Scopus, MEDLINE, and Grey Literature. The subjects in these studies were between the ages group 21–70 years and had been previously diagnosed with SCI and its clinical presentation. The interventions used in the selected studies incorporate Ayurveda (medicinal system of longevity) herbal medications, Panchakarma (five methods) treatment, diet, and yoga (mind-body medicine) therapy. Full-text publications in English, and research designs such as randomised controlled trials, case studies, review articles and cohort studies were included. Letter to the editor, study protocol, animal trials, and in vitro studies were excluded. Results: 216 records were identified using keywords such as spinal cord injury, Äyurveda, Acupuncture, païca karma, rehabilitation, and yoga. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria, 28 articles were selected for synthesis, which contain 12 case studies, 12 literature review articles, 2 randomised controlled trials, 1 cohort study, and 1 meta-analysis. Conclusion: The integration of Ayurveda management, including Panchakarmatherapy and Ayurveda medications, with other alternative therapies like Acupuncture, Yoga, and Rehabilitation improved muscle strength, quality of life, range of motion, and neuronal function, and reduced depression, stress, and pain with symptom scores.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947623000657AcupunctureÄyurvedaPanchakarmaSpinal cord injuryYoga |
| spellingShingle | Sujatha KJ Manjunath NK Ahalya PG Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic review Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine Acupuncture Äyurveda Panchakarma Spinal cord injury Yoga |
| title | Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic review |
| title_full | Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic review |
| title_short | Ayurveda, yoga, and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury – A systematic review |
| title_sort | ayurveda yoga and acupuncture therapies in alleviating the symptom score among patients with spinal cord injury a systematic review |
| topic | Acupuncture Äyurveda Panchakarma Spinal cord injury Yoga |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947623000657 |
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