• The Journal of Churna Manual Medicine for Spine and Nerves
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.37-49
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• 2015

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to show the effectiveness of Chuna Cranio-Sacral Therapy for remaining pain and muscle strength decrease after herniated intervertebral disc surgery. Methods : Two patients with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome(FBSS) were hospitalized and treated by Korean medical treatments with Chuna Cranio-Sacral Therapy. The Range of Motion(ROM) of the lumbar spine and Manual Muscle Test(MMT) were adopted to measure the resulting motor recovery after treatment. And the Numerical Rating Scale(NRS) was adopted to measure changes of pain level. Two patients both had Chuna Cranio-Sacral Therapy category III disorder with short right leg. We applied category III blocking technique everyday for 20 minutes with Korean medical treatments. Results : In both cases, the range of motions were improved and the pain level decreased. And in case 1, muscle strength also showed improvements. Conclusions : We suggest Chuna Cranio-Sacral Therapy is effective for pain decrease and motor recovery of FBSS patients. Further studies are needed to set up an Korean medical protocol for FBSS.

• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.129-139
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• 2003

Cranio sacral therapy is a refinend and subtle type of osteopathic treatment that encourages the realease of stresses and tentions throughout the body, including the head. Cranio sacral therapy is trained to feel a very subtle, rhythmical shape change that is present in all tissue. This is called Involuntary Motion or Cranial Rhythm. The movement is of very small amplitude therefore it takes practitioners with a very finely developed sense of touch to feel it. This Rhythm was first described in the early 1900's by Dr. William G. Sutherland and its existence was confirmed in laboratory tests in the 1960's and 1970's. Tension in the body disrupts the cranial rhythm. This shows them what stresses and strains your body is under a present and what tentions it may be carrying as a result of its past history.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.1042-1053
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• 2012

The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of Neurofeedback(NF), Cranio-Sacral Therapy(CST) and Combine Therapy(CT) in middle aged women through their experiences after participating these therapies. The participants were 53 middle aged women who lived in S city, 17 in the NF group, 17 in the CST and 19 in the CT, for 10 weeks from October to December, 2007. The NF group had 30 sessions, the CST group had 10 sessions and the CT group had 30 sessions of NF training after 10 sessions of CST. The data was collected from daily chart by self reporting their experiences during sessions. Collected data was analyzed by content analysis. From raw data, 37 items of NF, 91 items of CST and 110 items of CT were extracted in the content analysis. Similar items were gathered to 22 attributes of NF, 63 of CST and 68 of CT. These attributes were categorized into 9 higher attributes. The dominant attributes of NF were doziness during the training, mental comfort, lightening of physical and mental condition. Mental and physical comfort, improvement of sleep, healthy condition, crying were the dominant of CST. Also mental and physical comfort, lightening of physical condition, improvement of sleep, tear were the dominant of CT. According to the results of this study NF, CST and CT were very effective on physical and psychological relaxation. Therefore it is recommended that these NF, CST and CT be used as a complementary and alternative medicine(CAM) in middle aged women.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.474-484
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• 2016

This study was performed to identify the effects of the improvement of brain function by CST on the elderly with the 2nd or 3rd grade of long-term care insurance service. A quasi-experimental design using a nonequivalent control group, pre-post test was used. A total of 12 elders (6 in the experimental group and 6 in the control group) were recruited. Upledger CST(10-Step Protocol) was performed on each subject for 50 minutes per session, once a week, for a total of 8 treatments over an 8 week period from Jan to Feb 2015. The brain function quotient was measured before the 1st CST and after the last CST by portable EEG measurement device using a 2 Channel neuro-feedback system. The data was analyzed by SPSS (Ver. 18.0) program. After CST intervention, the attention quotient (AQ), level of tension, anti-stress quotient (ASQ), emotion quotient (EQ) and brain quotient (BQ) of the experimental group was significantly better than that of the control group. These results showed that the CST was effective in reducing the level of fatigue by the AQ, increasing the physical and psychological stress relief by the ASQ, emotional balance by the EQ, and improving the total brain function by the BQ. Therefore, CST can be used as an effective intervention for improving the health and brain function of the elderly in health facilities.

• Proceedings of the KAIS Fall Conference
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• 2010.05b
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• pp.584-587
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• 2010

본 연구는 40~60세의 중년여성을 대상으로 뉴로피드백 실험군 17명, 두개천골요법 실험군 17명, 혼합요법 실험군 19명, 대조군에 18명 등 총 71명을, 2007년 10월 1일부터 12월 14일까지 11주 동안 뉴로피드백(이하 NF), 두개천골요법(이하 CST) 및 이 두 요법의 혼합요법(이하 MT)을 적용하여 중년기 여성의 피로와 스트레스 감소 및 뇌기능 향상과 MT군의 시너지효과를 검증하고자 시도한 비동등성 대조군 전후 설계인 유사 실험 연구이다. 그 결과 1)NF, CST 및 MT는 중년여성의 피로와 스트레스를 감소시키고 두뇌 활성화를 통한 뇌기능을 향상시키는데 효과가 있었다. 2)전두엽의 활성화는 NF는 좌뇌를 CST는 우뇌를 활성화시켰다. 3)MT군은 두 군에 비하여 약간 더 효과가 있었다. 4)차시별 효과는 실험군 모두에서 10차시에서 유의한 증가를 보였다.