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Systematic Review of External Qigong Therapy for Joint Pain  

Lee, Hyeon-Yeop (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
Hwang, Man-Suk (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
Heo, In (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
Shin, Byung-Cheul (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
Heo, Kwang-Ho (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
Hwang, Eui-Hyoung (Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital)
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Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation / v.24, no.4, 2014 , pp. 187-193 More about this Journal
Abstract
Objectives The aim of this study is to analyze the therapeutic effect of external Qigong therapy for treatment of other people's disease on joint pain. Methods We searched articles from Pubmed, Chinese Academic Journals (CAJ) and Oasis online databases. Searching keywords were 'external qigong', 'external qi gong', 'qi therapy', '外气', '关节' and '기공'. After searching the articles, we performed quality assessment using Cochrane risk of bias (RoB) tool and risk of bias assessment tool for non-randomized study (RoBANS). Results Among the 117 articles were searched, 2 randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) and 2 single-group before and after studies were finally selected. All of 4 studies showed that external Qigong therapy has significant effect on joint pain. Conclusions Although external Qigong therapy has therapeutic effect on joint pain, it is not common therapy yet. However, external Qigong therapy requires more interests and studies in the future, because it is faithful therapy for Korean medicine theory.
Keywords
External qigong; Qigong; Joint pain;
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