Journal of Trauma & Treatment

Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Medical Investigation, School of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Publications

• Case Series   
  Light Touch Manual Therapy as a Potential Adjuvant for the Management of Mechanical Allodynia in Patients with Acute Spinal Cord Injury
  Author(s): Aline Duprat Ramos*, Daniel Fernandes Martins, Rodolfo Borges Parreira, Aline Raulino Dutra and Aline Silva de Miranda
  
  Background: Allodynia is a symptom associated with many diseases, including spinal cord injury (SCI), and often worsens over time as crisscrossed neuronal synapses make stronger connections. What triggers a crossover between pain and pleasure during gentle touch processing remains to be fully revealed. Reduce mechanical allodynia (MA) after SCI may minimize its progress for a secondary neuropathic central pain. Methods: The pre-post study investigated if MA intensity pf patients with acute SCI would improve after the association of manual therapy sessions with light touch as a non-pharmacological adjuvant modality to participant's analgesic drug strategy during the acute SCI stage. The light touch manual therapy was based on TOUCH’IN method, which consists of gently touching the MA area following predetermined steps. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.37421/2167-1222.2022.11.546

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