Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture
Objective : Traumatic lumbar burst fracture causes significant spinal cord injury. This report is intended to estimate the efficacy using oriental treatment on a patient with lumbar burst fracture and spinal cord injury. Methods : From 21th December, 2009 to 5th February, 2010, 1 female inpatient d...
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| author | Kwon Gi-sun Park Jung-ah Noh Ju-hwan Kim Cheol-hong |
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| description | Objective : Traumatic lumbar burst fracture causes significant spinal cord injury. This report is intended to estimate the efficacy using oriental treatment on a patient with lumbar burst fracture and spinal cord injury.
Methods : From 21th December, 2009 to 5th February, 2010, 1 female inpatient diagnosed with lumbar burst fracture and spinal cord injury was treated with general oriental medicine therapy : mae-sun therapy ; acupuncture ; moxibustion ; pharmacopuncture ; physical therapy and herbal medication. TUG, SCIMⅡ and VAS were used for evaluation of gait disturbance and pain in both feet. Measurement of self voiding amount and remaining amount through CIC was used for evaluation of neurogenic vesical dysfunction.
Results : The patient showed a certain degree of improvement in gait disturbance, pain in both feet and neurogenic vesical dysfunction through above evaluation methods.
Conclusion : Oriental treatments such as mae-sun therapy, acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, pharmacopuncture therapy and herbal medication can be effective for spinal cord injury due to traumatic lumbar burst fracture. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a51750142e8545e8b5b8ee8af83a2e712022-12-22T00:41:45ZengKorean Pharmacopuncture InstituteJournal of Pharmacopuncture2093-69662234-68562010-03-0113112914410.3831/KPI.2010.13.1.129Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fractureKwon Gi-sun0Park Jung-ah1Noh Ju-hwan2Kim Cheol-hong3Department of Acupuncture & Moxibution College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui UniversityDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibution College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui UniversityDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibution College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui UniversityDepartment of Acupuncture & Moxibution College of Oriental Medicine, Dong-Eui UniversityObjective : Traumatic lumbar burst fracture causes significant spinal cord injury. This report is intended to estimate the efficacy using oriental treatment on a patient with lumbar burst fracture and spinal cord injury. Methods : From 21th December, 2009 to 5th February, 2010, 1 female inpatient diagnosed with lumbar burst fracture and spinal cord injury was treated with general oriental medicine therapy : mae-sun therapy ; acupuncture ; moxibustion ; pharmacopuncture ; physical therapy and herbal medication. TUG, SCIMⅡ and VAS were used for evaluation of gait disturbance and pain in both feet. Measurement of self voiding amount and remaining amount through CIC was used for evaluation of neurogenic vesical dysfunction. Results : The patient showed a certain degree of improvement in gait disturbance, pain in both feet and neurogenic vesical dysfunction through above evaluation methods. Conclusion : Oriental treatments such as mae-sun therapy, acupuncture and moxibustion therapy, pharmacopuncture therapy and herbal medication can be effective for spinal cord injury due to traumatic lumbar burst fracture.http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2010.13.1.129traumatic lumbar burst fracturespinal cord injurymae-sun therapyTUGSCIMⅡCIC |
| spellingShingle | Kwon Gi-sun Park Jung-ah Noh Ju-hwan Kim Cheol-hong Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture Journal of Pharmacopuncture traumatic lumbar burst fracture spinal cord injury mae-sun therapy TUG SCIMⅡ CIC |
| title | Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture |
| title_full | Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture |
| title_fullStr | Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture |
| title_short | Case study of Oriental Medicine Treatment with Mae-sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture |
| title_sort | case study of oriental medicine treatment with mae sun therapy of the spinal cord injury due to lumbar burst fracture |
| topic | traumatic lumbar burst fracture spinal cord injury mae-sun therapy TUG SCIMⅡ CIC |
| url | http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2010.13.1.129 |
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