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KMID : 0615720090260060241
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2009 Volume.26 No. 6 p.241 ~ p.249
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Acupuncture and Sweet Bee Venom Treatment of Compressive Neuropathy of the Radial Nerve: Three Cases Report of “Saturday Night Palsy”
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Lim Chung-San
Ryu Young-Jin
Kwon Ki-Rok
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study is to report the patients with compressive neuropathy of the radial nerve(Saturday Night Palsy), who was improved by acupuncture and Sweet Bee Venom(SBV) treatment.
Methods & Results : The patients were hospitalized or outpatient in Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, traditional korean medical hospital, Sangji University from 1st, Dec. 2008 to 30th June 2009, and treated with acupuncture, SBV, electrical stimulation therapy and herbal medication therapy. To evaluate the wrist drop and numbness of fingers, coding result(Arbitrary values used to evaluate result) and digital infrared thermal image, which was well defined diagnostic tool estimating skin surface temperature difference, were used. As a result, patient symptoms were improved remarkably.
Conclusions : Patients were treated during 6 weeks in average. 2 cases were excellent and 1 case was evaluated good result by the acupuncture, Sweet Bee Venom, electrical stimulation therapy.
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KEYWORD
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compressive neuropathy(Saturday Night Palsy), acupuncture, Sweet Bee Venom, digital infrared thermal Image(D.I.T.I.)
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