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KMID : 0895820180280010153
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2018 Volume.28 No. 1 p.153 ~ p.160
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A Case Report of Korean Medicine Treatment on Back Pain of a Parkinson’s Disease Patient
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Kim Doo-Ri
Kim Joo-Won
Ryu Won-Hyung
Jeon Yong-Hyun
Moon Hee-Young
Park Ji-Won
Park Ju-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of the study is to explore the possibility of Korean medicine treatment on back pain of Parkinson’s disease patient through a case study. A Parkinson’s disease patient suffering from back pain and both limbs pain was hospitalized and treated with acupuncture and traditional medicine. We evaluated the treatment effect with Numerial Rate Scale (NRS), Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire (ODI), EuroQol-Five Dimensions (EQ-5D), and Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS). As a result, back pain NRS, lower limbs pain NRS, ODI, EQ-5D, UPDRS turned out to be greatly improved from 9 to 3, 5 to 2, 80 to 64, ?0.014 to 0.513, 122 to 37, respectively. This study suggested that Korean Medicine could be effective treatment for back pain of Parkinson’s Disease. Further clinical studies are needed to obtain definite conclusion.
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KEYWORD
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Parkinson’s disease, Back Pain, Korean Medicine, Case Reports
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