Assessment of the outcome of Ayurvedic treatments for vertebral fracture with motor dysfunction
Authors
A Attanayake
Bandaranayke Memorial Ayurveda Research Institute, Nawinna, Colombo, Sri Lanka
J Jayaweera
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
W Kubukgolla
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, Saliyapura, Sri Lanka
U Silva
Pallepola Divisional Ayurvedic Hospital, Pallepola, Sri Lanka
Keywords:
Ayurveda, motor dysfunction, physiotherapy and quality of life, spinal fracture
Abstract
Assessment of outcome following Ayurveda treatment protocol was done in a complicated case of spinal fracture with motor dysfunction and having a past history of Pott's disease. A 52-year-old man was suffering from motor dysfunction after a spinal fracture at D5/D6 level. The patient sought Ayurveda treatments because he did not gained any significant improvement according to mainstream medical treatments what he underwent for several years. According to Ayurveda, the patient was treated following immobilization, external and internal application of herbal preparations followed by physiotherapy. The outcome of the treatments were monitored by motor function assessment, quality of life assessment and computed tomography scan. Initial signs of improvement were observed just after 1 month of commencing Ayurveda treatments. Continuously following the treatments for 24-month duration, the patient was reverted back to his normal life. This complicated case of spinal fracture was successfully cured using Ayurveda treatment. Therefore, the observations made here would be useful for organizing a future clinical trial.
Keywords: Ayurveda, motor dysfunction, physiotherapy and quality of life, spinal fracture
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