Evidence of effectiveness of Acupuncture in the treatment of the central pain in subjects in geriatric age
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1) The document discusses a study on the effectiveness of acupuncture in treating central pain in elderly patients who have suffered a stroke. 2) The study involved 50 elderly subjects between 72-88 years old who had previously suffered a stroke and experienced central pain. The subjects received 10 acupuncture sessions over an unspecified period of time. 3) The results showed that after 5 sessions, 24 subjects reported a reduction in pain on the right side of the body, and 38 subjects showed a stable resolution of pain. The researchers concluded that acupuncture is an effective treatment for reducing central pain post-stroke in elderly patients.
Evidence of effectiveness of Acupuncture in the treatment of the central pain in subjects in geriatric age
- 1. Istituto Superiore di Agopuntura Italy
- 2. November 6 - 7, 2010 - S. Francisco, USA Evidence of effectiveness of Acupuncture in the treatment of the central pain in subjects in geriatric age Authors: M. Cucci, G. Garofano, G. Geroldi
- 3. Introduction • the elder subjects who have suffered a great ictus • to reduce to the minimum the assumption of • to face a common results of the post-acute phases of
- 4. Aim of the work • the central pain post-ictus, above all in elder people, • the usual medical therapies often results inefficient and full of • after two preliminary clinic trials on 6 and 20 patients, we tried
- 6. Central Pain highly disabling from the psychological point of view, and often cause of the great depressive the problem is therefore how to succeed in switching off the thalamic excitement exploiting the Descendig Anti-Nociceptive System (D.A.S.), whose duty is to modulate the painful perception
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- 10. Patients 50 subjects in geriatric age, 30 women e 20 men between 72 all who had previously been hypertensive but who did not 10 weakly sessions valuting, before and after, the subjective
- 11. the operators involved in the study, physiologists, psychologists, therapists of the rehabilitation and personal nurses did not know if the patients examinated were or were not part of the sample during the sessions the needles were left in situ for about 30 minutes without any manipulation or stimulation three-metals needles were used,formed with 2 spirals, one in copper and the other in silver, long 8 centimentres and with a diameter of 0,35 millimitres
- 12. Results after 5 sessions the reduction of the painful even in this study the 24 subjects with a right 38 subjects showed a stable resolution of the pain and the
- 13. Conclusions 1 the results obtained are in compliance with the precedent studies; this permitted to use them both in a single sample of 72 subjects , which testify definitively this the Acupuncture is an important concause of the improvement of the state of health of patients treated the reduction of the pain is among the fundamental reason of the improvement of the quality of life
- 14. Conclusions 2 this aspect is also important in elder people who generally consume a great quantity of drugs therefore we can affirm that acupuncture is a valid tool in the treatment of the post- ictus central pain in the
- 15. Thank you for your attention