A Case Report of a Stroke Patient with Dysarthria Treated with Korean Medicine
Autor: | Yeo Bin Park, Chang-beom Ahn, Won-ho Kong, Ji-won Baek, Ho-Joon Song, Ji Young Baek, Shin-Young Kim |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology 03 medical and health sciences Dysarthria 0302 clinical medicine dysarthria Acupuncture Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Family history Stroke lcsh:Miscellaneous systems and treatments Acute stroke business.industry lcsh:RM1-950 Upper extremity weakness Korean traditional medicine medicine.disease lcsh:RZ409.7-999 stroke lcsh:Therapeutics. Pharmacology Physical therapy medicine.symptom business Articulation (phonetics) Western medicine |
Zdroj: | Journal of Acupuncture Research, Vol 35, Iss 3, Pp 138-140 (2018) |
ISSN: | 2586-2898 |
Popis: | This case study examined the effect of Korean Medicine on a 72-year old male with a habitual history of smoking and drinking, and a family history of hypertension who had suffered an acute stroke. A couple of months later he complained of upper extremity weakness and was diagnosed with dysarthria. The patient received Korean Medicine treatment of acupuncture and herbal medicine for 39 days at the Samse Oriental Hospital, in conjunction with physiotherapy and Western medicine. Articulation accuracy, vowel accuracy, alternation and speed of reading sentences were evaluated every 7days. The results showed that the patient had improvement of articulation (10%) and vowel (37%) accuracy, alternation (12%) and speed of reading sentences (28%) suggesting that Korean Medicine treatment contributed to this progress. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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