Can Chiropractic Care Improve Symptoms of Mild Cognitive Impairment?
Dementia is a broad group of brain disorders that lead to cognitive impairment, gradual dysfunction, and death of brain cells
What happens in dementia?
deterioration in memory,
language,
communication,
visuospatial skills,
personality,
or cognition
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common cognitive disorders and has the highest prevalence of any dementia-type disease
The intermediate stage between normal cognitive impairment due to aging and dementia is defined as mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Mild cognitive impairment does not cause serious interference in daily activities, but the rate of its growth and conversion to Alzheimer's Disease is estimated at 15–20%, while for the typical older adult, this growth rate is around 1–2%
How Does Chiropractic Help?
Chiropractic is a method that focuses on the spine and other joints of the body and their relationship with the nervous system.
This therapy assesses disorders in the neuromuscular skeletal system and their effects on the nervous system and the overall health of the body
What has research discovered with Chiropractic care?
Chiropractic helps by showing a significant increase in functional connectivity from the PLI (phase lag index) metric in the alpha band within the default mode network (DMN)
The functional connectivity between the posterior cingulate cortex and parahippocampal regions increased following Chiropractic.
These findings suggest that Chiropractic may alter functional connectivity in the brain of stroke patients and highlight the potential of EEG for monitoring neuroplastic changes following Chiropractic acre
Mild Cognitive Impairment/AD is associated with an increase of power in low frequencies (delta and theta band, 0.5–8 Hz) and a decrease of power in higher frequencies (alpha and beta, 8–30 Hz)
In Mild Cognitive Impairment patients, the theta band power, especially in the temporal and parietal areas, increases which indicates cognitive impairment
The research concluded that Chiropractic care has a POSITIVE effect on mild cognitive impairment and Chiropractic may SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESSION of mild cognitive impairment of Alzheimer's disease.
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Reference
Ziloochi F, Niazi IK, Amjad I, Cade A, Duehr J, Ghani U, Holt K, Haavik H, Shalchyan V. Investigating the effects of chiropractic care on resting-state EEG of MCI patients. Front Aging Neurosci. 2024 Jun 11;16:1406664. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1406664. PMID: 38919600; PMCID: PMC11196806.
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