|
KMID : 1123920180320040283
|
|
Korean Journal of Oriental Physiology and Pathology
2018 Volume.32 No. 4 p.283 ~ p.290
|
|
|
Effects of Korean Medicine Treatments on Pain Reduction of Thoracolumbar Compression Fracture Patients : A Restrospective Observational Study
|
|
Oh Seung-Joon
Jo Dong-Chan
Lee Ok-Jin
Lee Eun-Jung
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of Korean medicine treatments on pain reduction of thoracolumbar compression fracture patients. We analysed 48 patients who have been diagnosed as thoracolumbar compression fracture on Computed Tomography(CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging(MRI) scan and had admitted to Dunsan Korean Medical hospital from January 1,2014 to April 4, 2017. The analysis was conducted as retrospective study which analyzes patient's medical records. Statistical analysis was performed using the IBM SPSS statistics 24 program. We used Visual Analog Scale(VAS) and pain reduction scale to evaluate pain reduction of patients. The result showed that there were statistically significant pain reduction on thoracolumbar compression fracture patients treated with korean medicine treatments. In conclusion, we found that the korean medicine treatments showed positive effect on pain reduction of thoracolumbar compression fracture patients.
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Thoracolumbar compression fracture, VAS, Back pain, Korean medicine
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
|