A Paucity of Acupuncture-Based Rehabilitation for Cerebral Palsy Patients in Pakistan
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Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder that primarily affects motor functions along with cognitive, hearing, speech, and oral health functions1,2. Morbidity data has shown that CP is more common in males in Karachi, Pakistan3. CP management often requires many interventions including anticonvulsant medications, bimanual training, botulinum toxins, castings, context-focused therapy, home-based therapy, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and even surgeries in extreme cases4. Apart from these interventions, acupuncture is an effective and widely used method of rehabilitation to treat addiction, asthma, cancer pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic prostatitis, CP, depression, dental pain, fibromyalgia, headaches, infertility, irritable bowel syndrome, labor pain, menstrual cramps, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, post-operative pain, sciatica, urinary incontinence, and many more.
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