paraplegia
Conditions
Interventions
The records of patients undergoing treatment were separated in the clinic's database, previously selecting the sample according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then, a verbal invitation was m
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Sponsors
Faculdade de Tecnologia IBRATE
Faculdade de Tecnologia IBRATE
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants were recruited from patients who attended the neurological physiotherapy service at hospital da universidade estadual de londrina . The inclusion criterion was to present spinal cord injury of the spastic or flaccid paraplegia type, older than 18 years of age, not to have lesions or dermatological changes in the wrist and ankle regions (places of inspection of the technique). Both sexes; races; religion and color were included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: To have a pacemaker. Individuals with quadriplegia and paraparesis; pregnant women were exclude
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the energy profile using the Ryodoraku electrodiagnostic method of acupuncture in individuals with spinal cord injury in a single reading;Outcome achieved: The mean bioimpedance of the sample was 25.7 µA, 91% of the population had some energy imbalance | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Describe the behavior of the meridians, observing whether they are within normality or in patterns of imbalance. If they are in disequilibrium of what kind it would be: stagnation or deficiency; Where typical high-low imbalances (trunk-legs) were observed in 67% of the sample. Energy imbalance due to deficiency was the most characteristic, preferably reaching the meridians of the Bladder (BL), Gallbladder (GB), Kidney (KI), Spleen (SP) meridians. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactSandra Silvério-Lopes
Faculdade de Tecnologia IBRATE
Outcome results
None listed