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Acupuncture and spinal cord medicine
Frederick Adolf Paola1, Michael Arnold
1Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida 33612-4799, USA. fpaola@hsc.usf.edu
Background:
The National Institutes of Health has concluded that the potential value of acupuncture justifies expanding its use into conventional medicine and studying it further.
Methods:
Literature review of acupuncture as it pertains to spinal cord medicine.
Results:
Acupuncture has been used to treat a number of spinal cord injury (SCI)-related conditions, including motor deficits, pain, spasticity, and syringomyelia.
Conclusion:
Acupuncture shows promise as an intervention in the treatment of SCI-related conditions. Further research, carried out in careful and systematic fashion by qualified practitioners of acupuncture in concert with spinal cord medicine specialists, is needed.
