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KMID : 0615720130300040035
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Jouranl of Korean Acupuncture and Moxibustion society
2013 Volume.30 No. 4 p.35 ~ p.44
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Comparison of the Efficacy between Needle-embedding Therapy and Sweet Bee Venom Pharmacopuncture Therapy on Peripheral Facial Paralysis
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Kim Jung-Hee
Jeong Jae-Youp
Lee Seung-Hwon
Shin So-Yeon
Park Jae-Heung
Kim Cheol-Hong
Jang Kyung-Jeon
Song Chun-Ho
Yoon Hyun-Min
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was designed to compare the effect between needle-embedding therapy and sweet bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy on early stage of peripheral facial paralysis.
Methods : We investigated 60 patients with peripheral facial paralysis. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups and dropped out 20 patients. : needle-embedding therapy group(group A, n=20, dropped out 9 cases among 29 cases) and sweet bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy group(group B, n=20, dropped out 11 cases among 31 cases). needle-embedding therapy was performed for group A three times a week dividing face into three areas during 4 weeks and Sweet bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy was performed for group B two or three times a week during 4 weeks. To evaluate the effect of treatment applied for two groups, we used Yanagihara’s unweighed grading system and House-Brachmann grading system at before treatment, after one week from visit, two weeks from visit, three weeks from visit, and four weeks from visit.
Results : After treatment, Yanagihara’s score and House-Brachmann grading system were improved in each group except during first week. But there was no significant difference in improvement between group A and group B.
Conclusions : Needle-embedding therapy would be as effective to improve symptoms of early stage of peripheral facial paralysis as sweet bee venom pharmacopuncture therapy.
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KEYWORD
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Peripheral facial paralysis, Needle-embedding therapy, Sweet bee venom phamacopuncture therapy
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