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KMID : 0615720100270030025
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2010 Volume.27 No. 3 p.25 ~ p.33
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Comparative Clinical Study between Oriental Medical Treatment and Oriental-Western Combination Treatment on Herniated Lumbar Disc
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Lee Se-Min
Lee Kyung-Min
Lee Bong-Hyo
Lee Yun-Kyu
Kim Jae-Soo
Lim Seong-Chul
Jung Tae-Young
Jeon Hyeon-Jeong
Kim Sung-Hwan
Kim Jee-Hyun
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Abstract
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Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference of treatment effect between Oriental Medical Treatment and Oriental-Western Combination Treatment on Herniated Lumbar Disc.
Methods : From 1st November, 2008 to 31th August, 2009, 18 Herniated Lumbar Disc patients who admitted the Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, college of Oriental medicine, Dae-gu Hanny University were divided into two groups. Group A was treated with oriental medical theraphy (Acupuncuture, Moxibustion, Herb, Cupping, Physical theraphy) and Group B with both oriental medical theraphy and western medical theraphy(Acupuncuture, Moxibustion, Herb, Cupping, Physical theraphy, Intramuscular injection of Dexamethasone and Dicknol 2ml). We evaluated the treatment effect of each group with the Visual Analog Scale(VAS) and Pain Rating Scale(PRS), deviding two period(From first day to fourth day after Admission and From first day to ninth day after Admission).
Results : Improvement Degree of Group A and Group B was significantly improvement (p<0.05) according to the VAS & PRS. Group B showed better performance compared with Group A.
Conclusions : These results proved that combination treatment of oriental and western medicine was more effective than just oriental medical treatment of Herniated Lumbar Disc. And the difference between the two groups were significant according to PRS.
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KEYWORD
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Herniated Lumbar Disc, Oriental-Western Combination Treatment, Oriental Medical Treatment, Visual Analog Scale, VAS, Pain Rating Scale, PRS
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