Twenty patients with established post-traumatic sympathetic dystrophy were treated with elcctro acupuncture after physical therapy with or without oral medication had failed to produce satisfactory relief of symptoms. Of these patients 14(70%) experienced marked and permanent improvement. No complications were encountered. The possible mechanisms involved arc discussed. © 1981 Macmillian Publishers Ltd.
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Chan, C. S., & Chow, S. P. (1981). Electroacupuncture in the treatment of post-traumatic sympathetic dystrophy (sudeck’s atrophy). British Journal of Anaesthesia, 53(8), 899–902. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/53.8.899
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