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KMID : 0615720100270040085
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2010 Volume.27 No. 4 p.85 ~ p.97
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The Clinical Effects of Acupuncture and Acupotomy Therapy for HIVD
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Yun Ju-Young
Lee Geon-Hui
Lee Geon-Mok
Kim Do-Ho
Kim Hyun-Wook
Kim Eon-Kuk
Kim Seung-Soo
Park Se-Woon
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Abstract
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Objectives : The study on Acupotomy therapy has recently become a popular academic field as proven to be an great alternative to the limitation of Western medical treatment. However, there has been little study examining acupotomy therapy on treating HIVD. Thus, this study aims to investigate the sense of improvement and satisfaction from the HIVD patients treated with acupotomy therapy.
Methods : A total of 63 subjects that consists of HIVD patients were participated in this study. The experimental group(33subjects) was treated with acupotomy therapy and acupuncture, and the control group (30subjects) was treated with acupuncture. All the subjects were asked to answer VAS(visual analogue scale) and ODI(Oswestry disability index) before and after the treatment.
Results : The results of the VAS and ODI of comparison analysis between two groups, show that the improvement of HIVD in acupotomy and acupuncture treatment group is more effective than that in acupuncture treatment group
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KEYWORD
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Acupotomy, HIVD, herniated intervertebral Lumbar disc, VAS, ODI
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