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Case Report of Two Stroke Patients with Hemi-spatial Neglect Treated with Traditional Korean Medicine  

Kim, Sae-won (Dept. of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases of Korean Internal Medicine, Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University)
Woo, Seong-jin (Dept. of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases of Korean Internal Medicine, Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University)
Shin, Jae-wook (Dept. of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases of Korean Internal Medicine, Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University)
Baek, Kyung-min (Dept. of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases of Korean Internal Medicine, Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University)
Jang, Woo-seok (Dept. of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases of Korean Internal Medicine, Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University)
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The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine / v.37, no.2, 2016 , pp. 156-165 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives: This study reports on two cases of the clinical application of traditional Korean medicine on stroke patients with hemi-spatial neglect.Methods: We applied several traditional Korean medicine treatments and then evaluated the patients’ symptoms with Albert’s test, the clock-drawing test (CDT), the Catherine Bergego scale (CBS), and the numeric rating scale (NRS).Results: The scores of all of the scales showed improvement. In case 1, the Albert’s test score decreased from 2.5% to 0%, the CDT score increased from 6 to 10, and the CBS score decreased from 16 to 11. In case 2, the Albert’s test score decreased from 5% to 2.5%, the CDT score increased from 3 to 6, and the CBS score decreased from 23 to 16.Conclusion: We found that acupuncture, moxibustion, herbal medicine, and physical therapy appeared to be effective treatments for hemi-spatial neglect in these two stroke patients.
Keywords
stroke; agnosia; Korean medicine; case report;
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