Paraplegia and acupunctural signal

Sautreuil P. ¹, Piquemal M.², Thoumie P.¹, Bendaya S.¹, Missaoui B.¹

1 Hôpital Rothschild, AP-HP Paris

2 Asuncion, Paraguay

Introduction

Bio-electricity during acupuncture session for a paraplegic man echoes between acupoints above and below the lesion level.

Methode

Man, 42 years old, paraplegia T 5, Asia A. Evaluation of the electric signal during three acupuncture sessions. Electric signal is collected on eight acupuncture needles through a card of high entrance impedance (8 tracks) on differential mode (with extra point yin tang as reference point). Electrical signal quality rely, according to our experiences on nervous net integrity.

Results

The puncture of under lesion level muscles motor points for a paraplegic weaken the spasticity. We report a reduction of energy (Volt) associated with a light variation of the frequencies (near 4 Herz) parallele to a reduction of spasticity (pendullum test for quadriceps and ankle clonus for triceps). There is electrical echo of needles below-above lesion level as if there was no electrical nerves discontuity.

Discussion

Spectral analysis of bio-differences of skin electrical potentials of acupoints under the lesion level shows that acupuncture has a regulator effect and reduces electric skin level. Does it mean that acupuncture reduce the functional disregulation under the level of the spine lesion? Are these phenomenoms near of hyper autonomic reflectivity ?

Conclusion

For a T 5 paraplegic, clinically healthy, spasticity is reduced by dry needling of the motor points of the spastic muscles. Bio-physical evaluation shows the electric impact of acupuncture needles during acupuncture sessions: reduction of energy and continuity of the electric signal below – above the paraplegic level