Journal of Acupuncture Research
- Volume 21 Issue 1
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- Pages.149-158
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- 2004
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- 2586-288X(pISSN)
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- 2586-2898(eISSN)
The Comparison of Effectiveness between Acupuncture and Its Cotreatment with Bee Venom Acua-Acupuncture Therapy on the Treatment of Herniation of Nucleus Pulpous
요추간판탈출증에 기인한 요통환자의 침치료와 봉독약침 병행치료에 대한 비교 연구
- Cha, Jae-deog (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Dong-soo-won Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Jung, Sung-min (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Dong-soo-won Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Kim, Kyung-ok (Department of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Dong-soo-won Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Kim, Kyung-sok (Department of Sasang Constitutional Medicine, Dong-soo-won Oriental Medicine Hospital) ;
- Kim, Nam-ok (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Dong-soo-won Oriental Medicine Hospital)
- 차재덕 (동수원한방병원 침구과) ;
- 정성민 (동수원한방병원 침구과) ;
- 김경옥 (동수원한방병원 재활의학과) ;
- 김경석 (동수원한방병원 사상체질의학과) ;
- 김남옥 (동수원한방병원 침구과)
- Received : 2003.12.05
- Accepted : 2004.01.17
- Published : 2004.02.20
Abstract
Objective: Herniation of Nucleus Pulpous(HNP) of L-spine is the most important reason that causes low back pain. The aim of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of Bee venom acua-acupuncture therapy for HNP. Methods: We divided HNP patient into 2 groups: Control group with acupuncture therapy only, and Experimental group with both acupuncture and bee venom acua-acupuncture therapy. To estimate the efficacy of treatment that applied for two groups, we used visual analog scale(VAS) and Oswestry disability index(ODI). We compared the VAS and ODI score of two groups statistically. Results & Conclusions: 1. In VAS, experimental group shows statitically significant improvement rate, but control group does not show statistical significance. 2. In ODI, both the experimental and control group shows statistically significant improvement. 3. By comparing the experimental and control group, there was more significant improvement in experimental group than control group of VAS and ODI. As a result, bee venom acua-acupuncture therapy can be used with acupuncture therapy for highly effective treatment for HNP.
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