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KMID : 1129720060230040067
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Korean Journal of Acupuncture
2006 Volume.23 No. 4 p.67 ~ p.84
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Clinical Study about Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment according to the different type of the Meridian Pathways of the Patients who have Shoulder Pain
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Lee Hee-Yoon
Kim Sang-Heon
Heo Jeong-Eun
Yoon Hyun-Min
Kim Won-Ill
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Abstract
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Objectives : This clinical trial is to know how significant the acupuncture treatments are which were done on appropriate acupuncture-points with using method of classification by meridian pathways along the parts of the shoulder pain.
Methods : 27 shoulder pain patients who participated in the clinical study in the Bukpyeoung haemalkeun oriental medical clinic which is located in Donghae city were classified 3 types(Yangmyeng, Soyang, Taeyang meridian type) according to their different parts of the shoulder pain. They have been acupunctured in their applied acupoints in the body 3 times a week for 4 weeks.
Results : After 4 weeks of the treatments, there were statistically meaningful treatment effect in all index in Yangmyeng meridian type. In Soyang meridian type, there were statistically meaningful treatment effect in ’subjective symptom of shoulder pain’,’shoulder pain and disability index’, ’visual analog scale’. In Taeyang meridian type, statistically effective treatment result was found in ’shoulder pain and disability index’
Conclusions : Every type has statistically meaningful treatment effects according to the analysis of the results.
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KEYWORD
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houlder pain, meridian pathway
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