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KMID : 0387420130240010045
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Korean Society of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
2013 Volume.24 No. 1 p.45 ~ p.62
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A Preliminary Comparison of Efficacy of Needle-Embedding Therapy with Acupuncture for Chronic Tension-type Headache Patients
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Bae Dal-Bit
Lyu Yun-Sun
Park Jong-Min
Kang Hyung-Won
Lyu Yeoung-Su
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of Needle-Embedding Therapy with Acupuncture for Chronic Tension-type Headache (CTTH) patients.
Methods: The study recruited Chronic Tension-type Headache patients. A total of twenty-six patients were divided into 2 groups. 13 subjects were placed into a needle-embedding therapy group and 13 subjects into an acupuncture therapy group by a randomization table. The needle-embedding therapy group was treated with needle-embedding at Fengchi (GB20), while the acupuncture therapy was acupunctured at Fengchi (GB20). Then, a comparative analysis was conducted by comparing the results with those measured by a Blood pressor, Heart rate variability (HRV), Henry Ford Headache Disablity Inventory (HDI) Internet Headache Impact Test (HIT), and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
Results & Conclusions: As a result of evaluation by using the self-rating headache index (VAS, HDI, HIT), pain score declined in both groups. But they were not difference between the two groups.
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KEYWORD
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Chronic tension-type headache (CTTH), Needle-embedding therapy, Acupuncture, HDI, HIT, HRV, VAS
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