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

  • Baek, Ji Young (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Samse Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Park, Yeo Bin (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Samse Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Song, Ho-Joon (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, MokdongDongshin Hospital of Korean Medicine) ;
  • Baek, Ji Won (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Samse Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Kong, Won Ho (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Samse Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Shin-Young (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Samse Korean Medical Hospital) ;
  • Ahn, Chang-beom (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Samse Korean Medical Hospital)
  • Received : 2018.05.10
  • Accepted : 2018.07.04
  • Published : 2018.08.30
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Abstract

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.

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