ELECTROACUPUNTURE AND MAIN MECHANISMS ASSOCIATED WITH POSTURAL CONTROL IN NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE: LITERATURE REVIEW

Autor: Walter Aquiles Sepulveda Loyola, Tathiane Ribeiro Rosa, Luciani Helena Santyos de Mattos, Vanessa Suziane Probst
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 47-54 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0717-6767
0719-5346
DOI: 10.5354/0719-5346.2018.48669
Popis: Postural Control is the capacity to keep the body in a position without oscillation or falls, this ability is important for the development of mobility skills and functionality. Neurological diseases have been characterized by limitations in postural control, leading to dysfunction of movement, functionality and quality of life. Electroacupunture is a therapy which could contribute to the improvement of postural control, associated to analgesic mechanisms, that facilitate the mobility, increasing the cerebral circulation and release of neurotrophic factors in area associated with movement control.
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