Dissociated sensory loss caused by acupuncture injury to the cervical spinal cord

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1187-1190

  Onda, Kiyoshi ^a   Honda, Hiraki ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Uchiyama, Seiji ^b  

^a Niigata Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adverse events; Moxa needle; Sensory dissociation; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TENDON REFLEX;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK PAIN; NEEDLES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 54149083582     PISSN: 18816096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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