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KMID : 0615720110280040001
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2011 Volume.28 No. 4 p.1 ~ p.7
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Comparison of Effectiveness between Acupuncture and its Cotreatment with Foot Acupuncture on Low Back Pain
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Lee Jin-Bok
Im Jeong-Gyun
Lee Hyung-Geol
Yook Tae-Han
Kim Jong-Uk
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of treating low back pain patients with Foot acupuncture.
Methods: Clinical study was conducted to 40 patients who were treated in Dept. of Acupuncture and Moxibusion, Woosuk University Hospital from March 1 to December 31, 2010. Subject were randomly divided into two groups. In one group(test group), patients were treated with both acupuncture and Foot acupuncture. And in the other group(control group), patients were treated with acupuncture. To estimate the efficacy of treatments, Visual Analog Scale(VAS) and Oswestry disability index(ODI) were checked. 12 patients were excluded and we investigated 14 patients of control group and 14 patients of test group entirely.
Results: 1. In both two groups, VAS and ODI of patients were decreased significantly. 2. ODI of patients in test group were decreased more significantly than ODI of patients in control group.
Conclusions: We suggest that cotreatment of acupuncture and foot acupuncture on low back pain patients can be recommended as a useful therapy.
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KEYWORD
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low back pain, acupuncture, foot acupuncture, Korean medicine
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