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First world congress of brain disease in traditional Chinese medicine and founding of specialty committee

The report of First world congress of brain disease in traditional Chinese medicine and founding of specialty committee by Dr. Amir Hooman kazemi Motlagh
Application Code :
306-0116-0065
 
Created Date : Wednesday, May 18, 2016 10:02:26Update Date : Saturday, June 11, 2016 13:59:15
IP Address : 192.168.54.55Submit Date : Saturday, June 11, 2016 13:59:23Email : amirhoomank@yahoo.com
Personal Information
Name : Amir Hooman
Surname : kazemi Motlagh
School/Research center : School of Traditional Medicine
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Position : Assistant professor
Tel : +98-21-22988548
Information of Congress
Title of the Congress : First world congress of brain disease in traditional Chinese medicine
and founding of specialty committee
Title of your Abstract : clinical study of acupuncture treatment on MS leg spacticity
Destination Country : China (People's Republic of China)
From : Friday, April 24, 2015
To : Saturday, April 25, 2015
Abstract(Please copy/paste the abstract send to the congress) : Clinical effect of acupuncture treatment to reduce of muscle spasticity in MS

Amir Hooman Kazemi, M.D., Clinical Ph.D
Assistant professor of Tehran University of medical sciences
Vice Dean for International Affairs of Traditional Medicine School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences


Abstract:
Back ground: spastic hypertonia is one of most common complications of MS. The muscle spasticity as a common disabled symptoms manifested by many problems, including loss of free movement of a limb and joint contracture. It can severely affect the normal walking ability and activities of daily living.
The reduction of spasticity is often an important problem in the management of MS.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment on the spastic states of patients with MS. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of acupuncture treatment in a group of patients with MS based on clinical and quantitative measurements of motor function.
Material and methods: In this clinical trial we randomly divided 60 patients with spasticity due to MS into two groups: acupuncture (treatment group) and oral Baclofen as an antistatic agent (control group). All of patients of acupuncture group received 5 times treatment at week for 4 weeks. Patients in control group take oral baclofen as muscle relaxer 3 times a day for 1 month. Outcome measures were modified Ashworth scale (MAS), Clinical spasm Index (CSI), Barthel Index (BI), gait and foot print analysis, and Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs). This study was enrolled in acupuncture clinic of traditional Medicine School of Tehran University of medical sciences.
Result: both therapeutic method significantly decreased CSI of participants in the end of treatment(P <0.005 ),however acupuncture was significantly more effective to decrees CSI after 4 weeks treatment(P<0.05).
The average of lower limb Ashworth score significantly decreased, from 2.88±0.85 before treatment to 1.83±0.52 after acupuncture treatment (ankle joint), and from 2.53±0.36 to 1.71±0.38 (knee joint). There were significant differences noted between the treatment group and control group after intervention and acupuncture was significantly more effective (P<0.05).
Both groups showed improvement in BI. However, the improvement in acupuncture group was better than control group(P<0.05). Our finding in foot print analysis showed: both treatments significantly decreased the difference of step length between affected and unaffected side but acupuncture was significantly more effective (P<0.05).acupuncture showed better effects of improvement of foot length and correction of foot angle(P<0.05) .therapeutic response about step length and foot angle just after 1 week treatment also were significantly better in acupuncture group (P<0.05) .
Each of two treatments decreased the stride width during walking but the difference between two groups was not significant. Acupuncture increased the gait speed. 56.6% of patients were Very satisfied about the outcome of acupuncture in the end of treatment course and it was 6.7% for physiotherapy.
Conclusion: acupuncture is significantly effective for reducing spasticity in MS, and could improve walking ability and gait parameters. So could be approving as a safe and effective therapeutic method for MS patients. Also foot print analysis is a clinical and economical measurement to evaluate of spasticity.

 
Keywords of your Abstract : spasticity, MS, acupuncture, physiotherapy, foot print
Acceptance Letter : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/16167/Forms/306/_____________________.pdf
The presentation : Oral
The Cover of Abstract book : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/16167/Forms/306/jeld_ketab.pdf
Published abstract in the abstract book with the related code : http://gsia.tums.ac.ir/images/UserFiles/16167/Forms/306/abstract.pdf
Where has your abstract been indexed? : none
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The Congress Reporting Form
How many volunteers were present at the Congress? : 22
Delegates from which countries presented in the congress? : japan, USA, UK, Canada, china,
Were the delegates of any other organizations present in the congress? : Yes
If yes, please write the names of the organizations in the box : Emory university, Massachusetts general hospital, banner Alzheimer institute and many Chinese universities
What were the responses to your talking points? Were specific questions or concerns raised? : i present my research about clinical effect of acupuncture on MS leg spacticity . i have done this RCT for 4 years with 60 cases in Iran and china. number of cases and duration of study were interesting for them. we used different subjective and objective measurements such as gait analysis that some staff asked about that. the efficacy of acupuncture for MS was approved by our RCT that other participants concern about that.
If you met staff members, please list their full names & positions. : shanping yu, professor of Emory university ,USA- nobuyoshi nishiyama, dean of school of pharmacy hyogo university, japan-YUNLING ZHANG, president of dongfang hospital of Beijing university- zuo yi huai, head of department of neurology of Beijing university
Please inform us if there are any follow up actions we need to talk with the members of the congress : i think we can invite some of them such as faculty member of Emory university . they were very interested about traditional Persian medicine . also they were interested to do some joint research in field of herbal medicine, traditional medicine and acupuncture. also the head of neurology department was interested to send some their students here for exchanges.
Your experiences about the travel processes(Providing ticket, accommodation,...) : it was great experiences for me to meet the people from different department with different majors to works on herbal medicine and acupuncture. accommodation was quite nice, all of speakers were accompanied with nice volunteer. the interesting point was the volunteers were the doctors of neurology department of Beijing university of Chinese medicine. also they provide vegetarian food for 2 Iranian delegates.
Please give a briefing of your own observations and outcomes of the congress: : 1- i learned many things about animal research on herbal medicine and acupuncture.
2-i met great scientists who work on acupuncture and herbal medicine mechanisms.
3-i introduce Persian medicine that was very interesting for other delegation and many of them have not heard about it.
4-i introduce TUMS that was very surprising for delegations the history and achievement of our university.
5-i learned about methodology of doing animal research on mechanisms of herbs on brain and neurotransmitters.

 

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