Association of extracorporeal shockwave stimulation to botulinum toxin and baclofen during an in-patient rehabilitation in spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury: case report
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-0190.v30i3a215979Keywords:
Spinal Cord Injuries, Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy, Muscle Spasticity, RehabilitationAbstract
Recently, extracorporeal shockwaves (ESWT) have shown as a promising non-invasive technology for neuromodulation and functional recovery, due to improving neuronal budding, neuroprotection, control of neuroplasticity and neuronal reorganization, in addition to acting on neurogenesis factors. Objective: To describe a case that uses ESWT as an adjuvant to the rehabilitation of spinal cord trauma. Case Report: LPS, 25 years old, medical student, suffered a fall from an undetermined height with C5 fracture and spinal cord injury, associated with a cranioencephalic trauma. In the acute phase, he was rescued properly, performed decompression and spinal cord fixation and remained hospitalized for 5 months due to dysautonomia and urinary infections. After this period, he started an intensive in-patient rehabilitation program for spastic tetraplegia with initial classification according to ASIA C5 (motor) and C6 (sensory). The treatment included 10 sessions of ESWT, made with Duolith SD1 (Storz Medical, Switzerland) with an Energy flux density 0,25 mJ/mm2, at 5cm and 3cm depth focus, 2000 pulses each over the spinal cord at the midline of levels from C5 to T1, and 2000 pulses at 5cm depth focus applied at plantar region bilaterally.
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