title: Rehabilitative potential of Ayurveda for neurological deficits caused by traumatic spinal cord injury.
abstract: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is associated with worst outcomes and requires a prolonged rehabilitation. Ayurvedic indigenous methods of rehabilitation are often utilized to treat such conditions. A case of SCI was followed up for 3 months upon an Ayurvedic composite intervention and subsequently reported. The composite treatment plan involved Ayurvedic oral medications as well as a few selected external and internal pancha karma procedures. A substantial clinical and patient centered outcome improvement in existing neurological deficits and quality of life was observed after 3 months of the Ayurvedic treatment given to this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pancha karma, State Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Lucknow University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sanjeev
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rastogi
keywords: Practice-based evidence; patient centered outcome; quadriplegia; rehabilitation; spinal cord injury