A Case Report of a Stroke Patient with Dysarthria Treated with Korean Medicine

This case study examined the effect of Korean Medicine on a 72-year old male with a habitual history of smoking and drinking, and a family history of hypertension who had suffered an acute stroke. A couple of months later he complained of upper extremity weakness and was diagnosed with dysarthria. T...

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Published inJournal of acupuncture research Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 138 - 140
Main Authors Baek, Ji Young, Park, Yeo Bin, Song, Ho-Joon, Baek, Ji Won, Kong, Won Ho, Kim, Shin-Young, Ahn, Chang-beom
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2018
Subjects
Korean traditional medicine
stroke
dysarthria
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Summary:This case study examined the effect of Korean Medicine on a 72-year old male with a habitual history of smoking and drinking, and a family history of hypertension who had suffered an acute stroke. A couple of months later he complained of upper extremity weakness and was diagnosed with dysarthria. The patient received Korean Medicine treatment of acupuncture and herbal medicine for 39 days at the Samse Oriental Hospital, in conjunction with physiotherapy and Western medicine. Articulation accuracy, vowel accuracy, alternation and speed of reading sentences were evaluated every 7days. The results showed that the patient had improvement of articulation (10%) and vowel (37%) accuracy, alternation (12%) and speed of reading sentences (28%) suggesting that Korean Medicine treatment contributed to this progress.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO201826259817269
ISSN:2586-288X
2586-2898