Paraplegic gait orthosis has been shown to help paraplegic patients stand and walk, although this method cannot be individualized for patients with different spinal cord injuries and functional recovery of the lower e...Paraplegic gait orthosis has been shown to help paraplegic patients stand and walk, although this method cannot be individualized for patients with different spinal cord injuries and functional recovery of the lower extremities. There is, however, a great need to develop individualized paraplegic orthosis to improve overall quality of life for paraplegic patients. In the present study, 36 spinal cord（below T4） injury patients were equally and randomly divided into control and observation groups. The control group received systematic rehabilitation training, including maintenance of joint range of motion, residual muscle strength training, standing training, balance training, and functional electrical stimulation. The observation group received an individualized paraplegic locomotion brace and functional training according to the various spinal cord injury levels and muscle strength based on comprehensive systematic rehabilitation training. After 3 months of rehabilitation training, the observation group achieved therapeutic locomotion in 8 cases, family-based locomotion in 7 cases, and community-based locomotion in 3 cases. However, locomotion was not achieved in any of the control group patients. These findings suggest that individualized paraplegic braces significantly improve activity of daily living and locomotion in patients with thoracolumbar spinal cord injury.展开更多
One hundred and eighteen cases of paraplegic and quadriplegic patients with different degree of pain were divided into groups, their pain was treated with acupuncture, drug and acupuncture combined with drug respectiv...One hundred and eighteen cases of paraplegic and quadriplegic patients with different degree of pain were divided into groups, their pain was treated with acupuncture, drug and acupuncture combined with drug respectively. The results show that the total analgesic effect of drug group,acupuncture group and acupuncture combined with drug group are 54. 29 %, 78. 95 % and 95. 56 % respectively. There is a significant difference(P < 0.05 ) between drug and acupuncture groups, and there is an extraordinarily significant difference(P < 0. 01 ) between drug and acupuncture combined with drug groups. It suggests that the acupuncture analgesic effect on the paraplegic and quadriplegic patients is better than that of drug, and the analgesic effect of acupuncture combined with drug is the best.展开更多
文摘Paraplegic gait orthosis has been shown to help paraplegic patients stand and walk, although this method cannot be individualized for patients with different spinal cord injuries and functional recovery of the lower extremities. There is, however, a great need to develop individualized paraplegic orthosis to improve overall quality of life for paraplegic patients. In the present study, 36 spinal cord（below T4） injury patients were equally and randomly divided into control and observation groups. The control group received systematic rehabilitation training, including maintenance of joint range of motion, residual muscle strength training, standing training, balance training, and functional electrical stimulation. The observation group received an individualized paraplegic locomotion brace and functional training according to the various spinal cord injury levels and muscle strength based on comprehensive systematic rehabilitation training. After 3 months of rehabilitation training, the observation group achieved therapeutic locomotion in 8 cases, family-based locomotion in 7 cases, and community-based locomotion in 3 cases. However, locomotion was not achieved in any of the control group patients. These findings suggest that individualized paraplegic braces significantly improve activity of daily living and locomotion in patients with thoracolumbar spinal cord injury.
文摘One hundred and eighteen cases of paraplegic and quadriplegic patients with different degree of pain were divided into groups, their pain was treated with acupuncture, drug and acupuncture combined with drug respectively. The results show that the total analgesic effect of drug group,acupuncture group and acupuncture combined with drug group are 54. 29 %, 78. 95 % and 95. 56 % respectively. There is a significant difference(P < 0.05 ) between drug and acupuncture groups, and there is an extraordinarily significant difference(P < 0. 01 ) between drug and acupuncture combined with drug groups. It suggests that the acupuncture analgesic effect on the paraplegic and quadriplegic patients is better than that of drug, and the analgesic effect of acupuncture combined with drug is the best.
