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KMID : 0895820140240020131
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2014 Volume.24 No. 2 p.131 ~ p.140
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The Comparative Study on the Effect of Trigger Point Treatment, Self-Exercise Treatment, Trigger Point - Self-Exercise Cooperative Treatment for Neck Pain Caused by Traffic Accidents
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Lee Hyun-Jae
Park Jung-Oh
Oh Min-Seok
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was aimed at comparing clinical effectiveness among trigger point treatment, Self-exercise treatment, trigger point - self-exercise cooperative treatment for neck pain caused by traffic accidents.
Methods : 63 patients with neck pain by traffic accidents were divided into 3 groups. Different types of treatments were carried out for each groups; group A with trigger point, group B with self-exercise, group C with trigger point and self-exercise cooperative treatment. 3 groups were also treated with general acupuncture and herb-medicine treatment. Pain threshold, visual analogue scale (VAS), and neck disability index (NDI) were checked on a daily basis. SPSS ver. 18.0 for Windows was used for analysis of data. The effectiveness of treatment of each groups were verified by using paired test and one-way repeated-measures ANOVA test, and the comparison of VAS, NDI and pain threshold were demonstrated by independent samples t-test.
Results : 3 groups all showed significant difference in pain threshold, VAS and NDI after 8 days later. Group C showed more improvement in pain threshold, VAS and NDI than shown in group A and B. In the first period (from pre-treatment to 4th day treatment) group C showed significant difference in NDI and pain threshold but not in VAS as compared to group A and B. In the second period (from 4th treatment to 8th day treatment), Group C showed significant difference in pain threshold, VAS and NDI as compared to group A and B.
Conclusions : Trigger point - self-exercise cooperative treatment is proved to be more helpful to improve the unstability and reduce neck pain than trigger point treatment or self-exercise treatment only, therefore eventually leading to better satisfaction for patients with neck pain.
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KEYWORD
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Trigger point treatment, Self-exercise treatment, Neck pain, VAS, NDI, Pain
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