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KMID : 0894219950010010105
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Journal of Korean Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy
1995 Volume.1 No. 1 p.105 ~ p.112
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A Study on Efficiency of Pain Management by Questionnaire using Visual Analogue Scale in Back-Pain Patients
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이복희/Lee,Bok Hee
윤홍일/박지환/Yoon,Hong Il/Park,Ji Whan
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Abstract
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This study was designed to investigate the efficiency of subjective assessment that exams the subjective symptom of patients with back pain at the department of physical therapy.
To assess the subjective symptom, we used the pain questionnaire using visual analogue scale (VAS) that ws developed by Wang on 1995.
Questionnaires were administered to 31 adult patients(male : 11, female : 20) with herniated lumbar disk(13), low back pain(8), myofascial pain syndrom(5), lumbar strain(4), ankylosing spondylitis(1). Mean age was 36.3 ranged from 20 to 65.
The results of this study were as follows:
1) In each of 15 subjects, there was a significant decrease in VAS between pre-and post-treat-ment(p<0.05).
2) Mean VAS of total subjects was 6.26±2.55 in pre-treatment, 4.50±2.47 in post-treatment (p<0.001).
Result of this study was shown efficiency of pain management by subjective assessement.
The continuous study is needed for many interesting illue of pain management using VAS.
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