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KMID : 0861120160200030093
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Korean Journal of Oriental Preventive Medicine
2016 Volume.20 No. 3 p.93 ~ p.113
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A Literature Review on the Study of Thread Embedding Acupuncture in Domestic and Foreign Journals -Focus on Clinical Trials-
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Lee Yong-Seok
Lee Young-Joon
Han Chang-Hyun
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Abstract
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Objectives: The focus of the review was laid on differences in research pertaining to thread embedding acupuncture between domestic and foreign journals.
Methods: We collected 53 Korean articles on thread embedding acupuncture study from 4 Korean article searching sites, and 80 foreign articles from Pubmed. We analyzed the number of the theses according to the publication year, study method, journal, and subject.
Results: A total number of 134 thread embedding acupuncture articles were categorized as 100 clinical trials, 14 experimental papers, and 19 literature reviews. Of the collected clinical trials, 55 were case studies, 6 were CCTs and 39 were RCTs. The domestic clinical trials were comprised of 36 case studies, 1 CCT, and 2 RCTs, and foreign clinical trials were comprised of 19 case studies, 5 CCTs, and 37 RCTs. Although only 12 of the 39 domestic clinical trials exclusively treated thread embedding acupuncture to the experimental group, 38 out of 61 foreign clinical trials undertook thread embedding acupuncture as the sole treatment. While the 2 domestic RCTs research had no significant evidence that the experimental group was different from the control group, the experimental group demonstrated better responses than the control group in 31 of the 37 foreign RCT studies.
Conclusions: Studies on thread embedding acupuncture are more intensively studied in the foreign field in comparison to the domestic field. Referring to the results from the foreign thread embedding acupuncture studies, domestic use of thread embedding acupuncture should be expanded. Also, more refined research needs to be conducted in the domestic field in order for the Koran medicine to lead the thread embedding acupuncture. This study is limited in that the literature search in the foreign journals were restricted.
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KEYWORD
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thread embedding acupuncture, Clinical Trials, Literature Review
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