Return to Research Menu Return to Front Page

Spinal Cord Injury

76. Wharton, G.W. et al. The use of cranial electrotherapy stimulation in spinal cord injury patients. A poster study presented at the American Spinal Injury Association Meeting, New York, 1982, and at the Texas ASIA meeting in Houston, 1983.

16 inpatients on the Spinal Cord Injury Ward were measured on the POMS, the STAI, and the IPAT Depression Scale. Five were paraplegic and 11 were quadriplegic. They averaged 3.7 months post trauma. 11 were given CES, 40 minutes per day for 10 days. 5 served as hospital routine controls. The CES treated pts improved significantly on the Tension/Anxiety, Depression/Dejection, Fatigue/Inertia, and Confusion/Bewilderment factors on the POMS, on both the state and trait factors on the STAI, and on the IPAT Depression Scale. The control group did not improve on any of the measures. Abstract courtesy of Ray B. Smith, Ph.D., M.P.A.

Return to Research Menu Return to Front Page