Clinical effect of Yi-yuan moxibustion on the bladder dysfunction after incomplete spinal cord injury

VernacularTitle:益元灸治疗不完全性脊髓损伤后膀胱功能障碍的临床研究
Author: Chengmei LIU ¹ ; Lingli GAO ; Xiaodong FENG
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1. 河南中医药大学第一附属医院
Keywords: Yi-yuan moxibustion; incomplete spinal cord injury; urinary retention
From: Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine 2017;32(10):1148-1151
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective:To research the clinical effect of Yi-yuan moxibustion on the bladder dysfunction after incomplete spinal cord injury Method:Forty patients with urinary retention were randomized into treatment group and control group,20 cases in each group.The two groups were treated by rehabilitation training,and the treatment group received Yi-yuan moxibustion,once a day,5d a week,8 weeks in total.Bladder volume and residual urine were tested by B-scan ultrasonography.After 8 week treatment,the curative effect was assessed.Result:One week after all treatments,the results of B-scan ultrasonography showed that bladder volume and residual urine volume of both groups are were improved than before.The curative effect after 6 weeks treatment suggests that the effective rate in control group was 55％ and the treatment group was e 90％.The difference was statistically significant (P＜0.05).Conclusion:Yi-yuan moxibustion is a kind of good therapy to ameliorate urinary retention caused by spinal cord injury.