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KMID : 0363619990200020200
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medicine
1999 Volume.20 No. 2 p.200 ~ p.207
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Assesment of Bee-venom Acupuncture Effect on Herniated Disc Patients by Rating Scale
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Kim Ji-Hoon
Lee Jae-Dong
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Abstract
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Herniation of intervertevral disc(HIVD) is the most common disease causing low back pain. Acupuncture, electroacupuncture and moxibustion has been used for treatment of HIVD. Bee venom (BV) also has been traditionally applied to relieve pain. Recently, it has been reported that BV is effective in treating HIVD. But more objective methods were required to assess the efficacy of BV on HlVD. So we assessed of BV-acupuncture effect on herniated disc patients by use of rating scale for low back pain. We researched 22 patients who were treated at Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Kyung Hee Medical Center from January 1999 to June 1999. The patients were diagnosed by MRI as having a herniated disc. The results of treatment using rating scale for low back pain in HIVD showed that 43.77{pm}14.39 point of pre-treatment score and 84.5{pm}3.97 point post-treatment score. The improvement index showed 0.43{pm}0.15. Especially, clinical score of neurologic deficits showed most highest improvement index of 0.7{pm}0.45. Assessment of BV-acupuncture Effect by MRI finding were showed that protruded disc and extruded disc got more higher improvement index than bulging disc. Among 22 patients, satisfactory assessment of BV-acupuncture effect showed that 15(68.2%) were excellent, and 7(31.8%) were good. The result suggest that BV-acupuncture is good method for treatment of HIVD.
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KEYWORD
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Bee venom, Acupuncture, Herniation intervertebral disc, Rating scale, Low back pain
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