Clinical Observation of Improvement Made by Moxibustion on a Case of Myelopathy-hand Patient Caused by Cervical Myelopathy

구치료(灸治療)에 호전을 보인 Myelopathy Hand를 호소하는 Cervical Myelopathy 환자 1례

  • Lee, Seung-Hoon (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Won (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Jin (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Chung, Jie-Youn (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kwon, Hyo-Jung (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Choi, Do-Young (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kang, Sung-Keel (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Dong (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이승훈 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 이승원 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 김영진 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 정지윤 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 권효정 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 최도영 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 강성길 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 이재동 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실)
  • Received : 2009.11.06
  • Accepted : 2009.11.26
  • Published : 2009.12.20

Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to report the effect of moxibustion for paitent with Myelopathy hand Methods : A 65-year-old female patient diagnosed with Cervical myelopathy was treated by moxibustion on both hand and neck, from July 17th to July 29th. The improvement of the patient's Myelopathy hand was evaluated based on JOA(Japanese orthopedic score), VAS(visual analog scale), Grips and release test, Finger escape sign, and DITI(digital infrared thermal imaging). Results : After the treatment of moxibustion, the patient's JOA score were not improved, but VAS, Grips and release test, Finger escape sign and DITI were improved. Conclusions : The result suggests that moxibustion of hand and neck is an effective treatment to Myelopathy hand on Cervical myelopathy. But more cases and researches are needed to evaluate the significancy of moxibustion for Myelopathy hand.

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