• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 2022

There is little research about medical treatment after prison. The purpose of this study is to examine factors influencing mentally-ill prisoner's decision making for medical treatment on release from prison. With the data collected from prisoners in 2019, binary logistic regression was used to analyze the effect of variables on the mentally-ill prisoner's decision making. In result, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety disorder, and panic disorder decreased the likelihood of answering that I will have no medical treatment plan after prison, whereas lack of experience in receiving medical care increased the likelihood of answering as such. Bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, counseling, medical treatment, and education had a positive effect on selecting mental hospital in the answer. Depression enhanced the likelihood of choosing mental health center for treatment. Policy implications and directions for future research are discussed.

• The Journal of Churna Manual Medicine for Spine and Nerves
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.89-96
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• 2011

Objective : The purpose of this study is to evaluate the korean medical treatment for compressive neuropathy of radial nerve, especially chuna treatment of cervical vertebrae. Methods : Two patients were treated with acupuncture and moxibustion, herbal medication, chuna treatment on cervical vertebrae. To evaluate the wrist drop and numbness of hand, Coding Result of arbitrary values and manual muscle test(MMT), visual analogue scale(VAS) were used. Results : After 2 weeks-treatment(in case 1) & 5 weeks-treatment(in case 2), the movement and power of wrist were restored to nearly normal range, also the numbness of hands was removed. All cases show the improvement in the movement of wrist and the numbness of hands. Conclusions : Korean medical treatment including cervical manual therapy as chuna treatment is remarkably effective for radial nerve palsy. But further studies are required to concretely prove the effectiveness of chuna treatment on central vertebrae for peripheral neuropathy.

• The Journal of Korean Medical History
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.89-101
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• 2005

Obejectives : This survey was accomplished to find out how Korean medical doctors think that the recognition regarding the Korean acupuncture method and research direction Methods : The survey questions were developed by the consensus from the professors who major in acupuncture and moxibustion. The questionnaire was given the 2731 Korean medical doctors at the mending education site; In addition, it was given to 793 doctors working at the 105 Korean medical hospitals listed on the National Korean Medical Hospital Associations Address book by postal mail; and also it was given to the 142 public health care Korean medical doctors who attended the conference for the municipal and provincial representatives of the public health service Korean medical doctors. Total of 1277 questionnaires were retrieved out of the 3666 subjects. Results : 1. Eleven hundred eighth seven out of 1277 Korean medical doctors think motion and bone and joint disease which has an effect in acupuncture treatment(92.9%) 2. Nine hundred fourteen out of 1277 Korean medical doctors used "Body acupuncture method"(71.5%) and 902 out of 1277 Korean medical doctors think of the korean acupuncture method which is "Sa Am acupuncture method"(70.6%) 3. Eight hundred forty out of 1277 Korean medical doctors want verification which leads a clinical research to know that acupuncturist have acupuncture and moxibustion treatment(65.7%). Conclusion : Korean medical doctors think motion and bone and joint disease which has an effect in acupuncture treatment Korean medical doctors most used "Body acupuncture method" but think of the korean acupuncture method which is "Sa Am acupuncture method". Korean medical doctors want verification which leads a clinical research to know that acupuncturist have acupuncture and moxibustion treatment.

• The Journal of Churna Manual Medicine for Spine and Nerves
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.49-56
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• 2007

Objectives : This study is to investigate the clinical application of conservative treatment to a patient who has the paresthesia and migration on L-spine MRI. Methods : A male patient, 34 years old, who has paresthesia and migration on L-spine MRI was evaluated after conservative oriental medical and chuna treatment by Visual Analog Scale(VAS), Numeric Rating Scale(NRS), Straight Leg Rasing Test(SLRT), Sensation, MRI follow-up. Results : 1. Visual Analog Scale(VAS), Numeric Rating Scale(NRS), Straight Leg Rasing Test(SLRT), Sense was significantly improved after conservative oriental medical and chuna treatment. 2. Also it was observed that herniated disc was decreased by L-spine MRI follow-up. Conclusions : Conservative oriental medical and chuna treatment can be effective for decreasing pain and improving paresthesia, also decreasing the volume of herniated disc.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.17-28
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• 2010

Objectives : This study is to evaluate the quality of life and amount of stress after the treatment among the patients who visited hospital due to traffic accident. Methods : We evaluated 40 patients who have been treated by western medicine for 3 months but showed no improvements. We surveyed VNRS, SF-36 and IES-R-K scores before treatment began and treated patients twice a week for 4 weeks with acupuncture, chuna theraphy, herbal medicine. After 4 weeks of treatment, we surveyed VNRS, SF-36 and IES-R-K scores again and compared with the scores of before treatment. Results : VNRS score and SF-36 scale and IES-R-K scale showed significant improvement after the treatment, compared to the treatment before. Conclusions : The amount of pain and stress, physical condition, all showed improvement among the patients who came to Oriental medicine hospital due to traffic accident.

• The Journal of Korean Medicine Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and Dermatology
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.136-150
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• 2019

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to analyze and understand the trend of Korean medical treatment on ptosis. Methods : From the domestic databases KCI, KISS, OASIS, KTKP, 16 studies were selected using the keyword 'ptosis', published after 2000. Results : Selected 16 studies contain 19 cases in which mainly acupuncture and herbal medicine were practiced to treat ptosis. Treatment period varies from 12 to 134 days. When Korean medical treatment was started before 10 days from the onset, average of treatment period is about 28.6 days, but after 40 days, it increases three times longer. It takes 1.5 times longer to treat ptosis caused from central nerve than which from peripheral nerve. Conclusion : According to the results, Korean medicine can be effective treatment for ptosis which mostly depends on surgical treatment currently. tments of purpura and vasculitis up to date and some points that may have clinical significance.

• Journal of Korean Medical classics
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.79-107
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• 2023

Objectives : This study aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of contemporary insomnia by examining Zhang Jiebin's discussion on treating insomnia. Methods : The classical texts from the 'Insomnia' chapter of the Jingyue Quanshu were examined threefold in terms of symptom, treatment, and prescription analysis, after which the treatment discussion part was examined within the historical context of discussions on insomnia in major medical texts starting from the Huangdineijing. Results : According to Zhang, the cause of insomnia could be divided into two, after which criteria for diagnosis and treatment were set as excess pathogen and vital qi deficiency. He argued that insomnia could be naturally resolved through improvement of various pathogenic situations. Discussions on insomnia from various medical texts since the Huangdineijing suggest that pathology related to psychological function and emotions gradually increased and expanded over time. Conclusions : Zhang's discussion on symptom, treatment and prescriptions of insomnia suggests a new framework that could improve treatment effects through a Korean Medical Mind-Body approach, rather than the contemporary classification of organic insomnia and non-organic insomnia.

• Journal of Pharmacopuncture
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.115-122
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• 2004

Objective : The purpose of this study is to report the patient with radial nerve palsy, who improved by oriental medical treatment. Methods : The patient was managed by Cathami Flos aqua-acupuncture, Dong-Qi acupuncture treatment, Comman acupuncture treatment and Herbal medicine. We took pictures of patient's wrist and checked the power of muscles. And we checked the numbness of thumb that was patient's subjective sensation. Results : After 2 weeks-treatment, the movement and power of wrist was restored to nearly normal range, also the numbness of thumb was removed. Combined oriental medical treatment can treat radial nerve palsy earlier than the other methods. Conclusions : The results suggest that combination of Cathami Flos aqua-acupuncture, Dong-Qi acupuncture treatment, Comman acupuncture treatment and Herbal medicine is good method for treatments of radial nerve palsy. But further studies are required to concretely prove the effectiveness of this method for treating radial nerve palsy.

• Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.293-306
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to identify predictors of clinical efficacy of oriental medical treatment for patients with panic disorder. Methods: We analyzed medical records of 41 patients who were diagnosed with panic disorder through DSM-IV or ICD-10 by 2 oriental medical neuro-psychiatrists. We performed frequency analysis of demographic characteristics in patients with panic disorder, and assessed the correlation between the psychological scales by Pearson correlation. Repeated measures ANOVA were used to compare the psychological scales during the treatment; and Single regression analysis was used to analyze the factors that have correlation to improvement of panic disorder by oriental medical treatment. Psychological scales used in the study were STAI-X-1/2, STAXI-S/T, BDI2, BAI, BSQ, PAS, ASI, LOT-R, SWLS, LSES and LSMS. Results: Patients' demographic characteristics indicated that there were twice more female than male patients; furthermore, there was a high ratio of patients in their 20s and 30s, with the highest percentage of onset-age in the 20s and average duration of panic disorder from 1~5 years. More than half of the total patient cohort comprised of those who had panic disorder with agoraphobia and major depressive disorder; in addition, major accompanied symptoms were dyspepsia, chest discomfort and headache. After treatment, most scores of psychological scales were significantly reduced, and correlation between the psychological scales was significant. Furthermore, we identified some factors that were significantly correlated to improvement of panic disorder by oriental medical treatment. Conclusions: In conclusion, treatment of panic disorder with oriental medicine was clinically efficient and improved the quality of life.

• Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.47-59
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• 2023

Objectives This paper is an analysis of domestic and foreign trends for the Korean medical treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Methods Domestic and foreign databases were searched and analyzed for Korean medical treatment interventions, research types, and treatment effects for avascular necrosis of the femoral head. Results There were 10 case reports in Korea, 2 case reports and 3 randomized controlled studies abroad. A total of 12 treatment interventions were used, and the types include acupuncture, herbal medicine, phamacopunture, electroacupuncture, cupping, physical therapy, chuna, acupotomy, moxibustion, warm acupuncture, laser acupuncture, and motion style treatment. As for the evaluation index, visual analogue scale, range of motion and harris hip score were the most common with 7 cases each. Conclusions Through this study, it was possible to understand the trends of domestic and foreign research on the treatment of avascular necrosis of the femoral head with Korean medicine. However, due to the small number of literature and no randomized control studies in Korea, treatment evidence is insufficient. It is considered that further research is needed in the future.