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KMID : 0895820180280040021
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2018 Volume.28 No. 4 p.21 ~ p.32
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An Investigation on the Effects of Wet Cupping on Wisu (BL21) for Non-acute Low Back Pain: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
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Kim Hyung-Suk
Cho Jae-Heung
Kim Koh-Woon
Chung Won-Seok
Park Jae-Hyun
Shin Woo-Chul
Chung Seok-Hee
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the effects of wet cupping on Wisu (BL12) in non-acute low back pain patients.
Methods: We recruited 30 participants for this study. Fifteen patients were randomly assigned to the Wisu (BL21) treatment group (WT group) and 15 were assigned to the non-acupoint treatment group (NT group). Both groups were treated with the pricking-cupping bloodletting method three times. Values at baseline and follow-up were analyzed by Wilcoxon signed rank test and the differences between the two groups were determined by Wilcoxon rank sum test. p-values less than 0.05 were considered significant. The primary outcome was the visual analogue scale (VAS), and secondary outcomes were the Oswestry disability index (ODI), Rolland-Morris disability questionnaire (RMDQ), Euroqol-5 dimension questionnaire (EQ-5D) and finger-to-ground distance (FTGD). These outcomes were measured on the day of first treatment before the procedure and on follow-up 7 days after the last treatment.
Results: Significant changes were identified in the VAS for pain and ODI in each group after wet cupping treatment on Wisu (p＜0.05). However, no significant changes were found between groups. Meanwhile, RMDQ and EQ-5D were significantly decreased only in the NT group (p＜0.05) without any differences between groups. FTGD was decreased in both groups, but not significantly.
Conclusions: Wet cupping with both Wisu treatment and non-acupoint had significant effects on non-acute low back pain, although there were no differences between the two groups. A large-scale study is needed to identify the effect of wet cupping on Wisu.
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KEYWORD
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Low back pain, Wet cupping, Wisu, BL21(Weishu)
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