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KMID : 0895820130230030211
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2013 Volume.23 No. 3 p.211 ~ p.217
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A Case Report of Oriental Medical Treatments Combined with Exercise Therapy on the Frail Elderly Patient with Gait Disturbance and Cognitive Decline
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Jahng Sun-Jeong
Park Jung-Oh
Heo Dong-Seok
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study is to report the effect of oriental medical treatments with exercise therapy on the frail elderly patient with gait disturbance and cognitive decline. The frail elderly patient with gait disturbance and cognitive decline was treated by oriental medical treatments combined with exercise therapy during 3 months. The improvement of clinical symptom was evaluated by Manual Muscle Test (MMT), Passive Range Of Motion (PROM), Mini Mental State Examination-Korea (MMSE-K). After 3 months, all of both lower extremity Manual Muscle Test (MMT) improved to Grade 4. Both knee extension Passive Range Of Motion (PROM) and Mini Mental State Examination-Korea (MMSE-K) also increased from -30/-30 to 0/-5, from 7 to 25 respectively. It could be suggested that oriental medical treatments with exercise therapy were effective on the frail elderly patient with gait disturbance and cognitive decline. And further research is encouraged to confirm the effectiveness of this treatment with a larger number of patients.
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KEYWORD
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Frailty, Gait disturbance, Cognitive decline, Exercise therapy, Oriental medical treatment, Manual Muscle Test
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