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A Recent 10 Years Clinical Research Trend of Korean Medicine for Restless Legs Syndrome

최근 10년간 하지불안증후군의 한의학 치료에 대한 국내외 임상 연구 동향

  • Hyunjin Choi (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Sang-joon An (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Woochul Shin (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Jae-Heung Cho (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Won-Seok Chung (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Mi-Yeon Song (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Hyungsuk Kim (Department of Clinical Korean Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
  • 최현진 (경희대학교 대학원 임상한의학과) ;
  • 안상준 (경희대학교 대학원 임상한의학과) ;
  • 신우철 (경희대학교 대학원 임상한의학과) ;
  • 조재흥 (경희대학교 대학원 임상한의학과) ;
  • 정원석 (경희대학교 대학원 임상한의학과) ;
  • 송미연 (경희대학교 대학원 임상한의학과) ;
  • 김형석 (경희대학교 대학원 임상한의학과)
  • Received : 2023.12.19
  • Accepted : 2024.03.25
  • Published : 2024.10.31
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Abstract

Objectives This study aims to analyze clinical studies of restless legs syndrome (RLS) and suggest future direction of clinical study on RLS. Methods We used five Korean and three global electronic databases to search clinical studies about RLS from 2013 to 2023. Only clinical studies were selected for this study. Studies which are not relevant with RLS, are not clinical study, are not about RLS Korean medicine, or does not have accessible full text were excluded. Results Total twenty studies were finally included in this study. Case reports are the most frequently used study design. With regard to intervention, herbal medicine was the most frequently used one. All studies used international restless legs scale for evaluating symptom severities of RLS. All studies showed improvement on RLS symptoms. Conclusions Further studies with high level of evidence such as randomized controlled trial or cohort study will be needed in the future on RLS.

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