Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on the Psychological Problem of a Patient with Cervical Dystonia

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  • TAKADA Aya
    Trainee Acupuncturist, Outpatient Clinic, Kansai University of Health Sciences Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University Neyagawa sanatorium
  • TANI Makiko
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University Research Center of Neurological Diseases, Kansai University of Health Sciences Clinical Physical therapy Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • INOUE Hironori
    Trainee Acupuncturist, Outpatient Clinic, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • YOSHINO Maki
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University
  • SUZUKI Toshiaki
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University Research Center of Neurological Diseases, Kansai University of Health Sciences Clinical Physical therapy Laboratory, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • WAKAYAMA Ikuro
    Research Center of Neurological Diseases, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • YOSHIDA Sohei
    Research Center of Neurological Diseases, Kansai University of Health Sciences
  • YAGYU Takami
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University Neyagawa sanatorium
  • KINOSHITA Toshihiko
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kansai Medical University

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  • 鍼治療が頸部ジストニア患者の心理的問題に与える影響
  • ハリ チリョウ ガ ケイブ ジストニア カンジャ ノ シンリテキ モンダイ ニ アタエル エイキョウ

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We gave acupuncture treatment to a patient with cervical dystonia caused by typical neck movement and a psychological problem. We investigated the effect of acupuncture treatment on the psychological problem using the Tsui modified score and five psychological tests at the first session of acupuncture treatment and after six months acupuncture treatment. The problems revealed by the psychological tests in the first session of acupuncture treatment were as follows: 1) the patient had difficulty to recognize her psychological problem, and 2) she had few psychological complaints but many physical complaints such as abnormal neck posture. We think that she represented the psychological complaint as physical complaints. The acupuncture treatment improved the physical factors, such as the neck posture, and the psychological factors, such as as reduction of excessive effort and substantial judgement. The results suggest that our acupuncture treatment improved not only the physical problem of cervical dystonia, but also the psychological problem caused by cervical dystonia. <br>

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