Is acupuncture an effective treatment for patients suffering from traumatic brain injury?
Traumatic brain injury causes cognitive dysfunction and long-term impairments.
About 1.7 million people suffer from traumatic brain injury, and at least 2.4 million emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and deaths are related to traumatic brain injuries each year.
In a study of 2,163 traumatic brain injury patients, 237 received acupuncture in the treatment period and had an over 2 times higher chance of achieving a significant improvement.
This study’s findings suggested that acupuncture treatment is effective for the recovery of consciousness, and that conventional treatment combined with acupuncture tends to reach better outcomes compared to conventional treatment alone.
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