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KMID : 1155620110060010001
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Journal of Korea CHUNA Manual Medicine for Spine & Nerves
2011 Volume.6 No. 1 p.1 ~ p.9
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The Comparative Study of Improvement of Patient Who were Diagnosed Sprain and Strain of Lumbar Spine with MET Treatment on Iliopsoas Muscles and with Acupuncture Treatment
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Yim Jun-Hyok
Yun Suk-Hoon
Jung Woo-Seok
Shin Hyun-Seung
Cho Song-Hyun
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Abstract
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Object : This study was planned to show the influences of MET(muscle energy techniques) treatment and acupuncture treatment on iliopsoas muscles of sprain and strain of lumbar spine patients.
Method:This study was carried out on the 39 patients who had been treated for their sprain and strain of lumbar spine from March 2 to October 15, 2010 in the department of oriental rehabilitaion medicine, Dongsuwon oriental medicine hospital. And 22 out of 39 patients had a tenderness and pain in their iliopsoas muscles. And we divided those 22 patients into 2 groups by blocked randomization; group A took near acupuncture point needling treatment on the iliopsoas muscles, group B took MET(muscle energy techniques) treatment on the iliopsoas muscles. To evaluate the efficiency of each treatment, all patients were examined with VAS(visual analogue scale) before treatment and after the 3rd, 5th treatment.
Result:On the VAS, it was decreased significantly after treatment in all groups. And it didn’t show the clear difference between two groups.
Conclusion:In this study, it did not show statistical difference in VAS between two groups.
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KEYWORD
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Sprain and strain of lumbar spine, Iliopsoas muscle, MET(muscle energy techniques), Acupuncture, VAS(visual analogue scale)
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