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KMID : 0615720110280050001
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2011 Volume.28 No. 5 p.1 ~ p.7
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Effect of Scratching Method Complex Therapy on the Patients with Peripheral Facial Paralysis
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Oh Myung-Jin
Song Ho-Sueb
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was done for reporting the effect of scratching method on patients with peripheral facial palsy.
Methods: We investigated 34 cases of patients with peripheral facial paralysis, and devided patients into two groups : We treated one group by complex oriental medical treatment with scratching method therapy, and did the other group by complex oriental medical treatment without scratching method therapy. gross grading system of House-Brackmann(HB score) and Yanagihara’s unweighed grading system(Y score) at baseline and final were used for evaluating the effect of the treatment.
Results: 1. In scratching method group and non-scratching method group, compared with baseline, at final, HB score was significantly decreased and Y score was significantly increased. 2. At final, scratching method group showed significant decrease on HB score and significant increase on Y score compared with non-scratching method group.
Conslusions:scratching method showed significant improvement in peripheral facial palsy.
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KEYWORD
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peripheral facial palsy, scratching method, H-B grade, Y-system
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