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KMID : 0615720020190060061
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2002 Volume.19 No. 6 p.61 ~ p.66
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Clinical study on the Patients with Carpal tunnel syndrome
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김일두/Kim, Il-du
오희홍/변재영/문형철/고강훈/박소영/장병선/Oh, Hee-hong/Byun, Jae-young/Moon, Hyung-cheol/Koh, Kang-hoon/Park, So-young/Chang, Byoung-sun
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Abstract
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Objective : Carpal tunnel syndrome has gained increasing attention and acceptance as a significant cause of peripheral neuropathy, since it was first reported in 1836. The purpose of this study is to inspect the effect of oriental medical treatment on Carpal tunnel syndrome patients who is not come under surgical decompession.
Methods : 20 patients who visited Won-Kwang University Hospital during the period from January 1998 to May 2000 were analysed for clinical manifestations.
Results : 1. Among 20 patients, 3 were male and 17 were female.
2. The syndrome occurred on the right side in 5 patients, on the left side in 0 patients, and on both 15 patients
3. The most of causes were ovework.
4. Numbness was the most common symptom followed by night pain, paresthesis, morning stiffness, puffiness and resting pain
5. Among 20 patients, 12 were Tinel´s sign positive, 16 were Phalen´s test positive
Conclusions : When the symptom is mild and duration is short, conservative treatement is effetive, but when neurological deficit is prominet and conservative treatment is not effective, surgical decompession is indicated. We treated 19 among 20 cases of the patients which Carpal Tunnel syndroms. We achieved effective results.
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