Effects of comprehensive rehabilitation therapy on muscle spasticity due to traumatic spinal cord injury
Abstract：AIM: To observe the therapeutic effects of comprehensive rehabilitation in patients with muscle spasticity due to traumatic spinal cord injury(SCI) in neck and thorax, and the correlation with course of disease.METHODS: Thirty patients with muscle spasticity due to traumatic spinal cord injury in neck and thorax level were divided into earlier stage group and later stage group according to the course of disease. They all received comprehensive rehabilitation including exercises, heat treatment and automatic air-pressure blood circulation promoter and so on, and then improved Modified Ashworth Scale(MAS) was adopted for assessing the therapeutic effects after treatment.RESULTS: Scores for MAS were significantly improved after comprehensive rehabilitation treatment in both groups( t = 16. 170, P ＜ 0. 000 1; t =6. 00, P ＜ 0. 000 1 ); moreover the therapeutic effect in earlier stage group were better than those in later stage group( t =-5.014, P ＜ 0. 01 ).CONCLUSION: Comprehensive rehabilitation therapy is effective, which should be applied in the treatment of muscle spasticity after traumatic spinal cord injury as earlier as possible.
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Publication Date：2004-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：2( 2132-2133 )