The Comparative Study on the Effect of Pharmacopuncture Treatment and Chuna Treatment for Low Back Pain caused by Traffic accidents

교통사고 후 요통을 호소하는 환자에 대한 약침과 추나의 치료효과 비교 연구

  • Kim, Jun-Soo (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-cheon Jaseng Oriental Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Jae-Hoon (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-cheon Jaseng Oriental Hospital) ;
  • Yang, Kee-Young (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-cheon Jaseng Oriental Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jeong-Won (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-cheon Jaseng Oriental Hospital) ;
  • No, Hae-Rin (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-cheon Jaseng Oriental Hospital) ;
  • Jeong, Yoon-Gyu (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Bu-cheon Jaseng Oriental Hospital) ;
  • Han, Sang-Yeob (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibution, Bu-cheon Jaseng Oriental Hospital) ;
  • Hwang, Eun-Mi (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, Dongguk University Bundang Hospital)
  • 김준수 (부천자생한방병원 재활의학과) ;
  • 이재훈 (부천자생한방병원 재활의학과) ;
  • 양기영 (부천자생한방병원 재활의학과) ;
  • 김정원 (부천자생한방병원 재활의학과) ;
  • 노해린 (부천자생한방병원 재활의학과) ;
  • 정윤규 (부천자생한방병원 재활의학과) ;
  • 한상엽 (부천자생한방병원 침구과) ;
  • 황은미 (동국대학교 분당병원 재활의학과)
  • Received : 2011.11.30
  • Accepted : 2011.12.14
  • Published : 2011.12.30

Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of Pharmacopuncture Treatment with Chuna Treatments for Low Back Pain caused by Traffic accidents. Methods : This study was carried out on 81 patients with low back pain caused by Traffic accidents. The patients were divided into 2 group ; The pharmacopuncture(A) group was treated by pharmacopuncture treatment. The chuna(B) group was treated by chuna treatment. We measured Oswestry Disability Index(ODI) and Visual Analog Scale(VAS) on the patients before the treatment and on the 2nd, and 4th weeks after the treatments. Results : After being treated by our methods, the ODI and VAS score's were improved after the 4th weeks treatment in both groups. There is no significant difference on ODI and VAS score after the 4th weeks treatment in both groups. In the early stages(from pre to 2 weeks worth of treatment), Group A showed a decreasing VAS score compared to Group B. In the final stages(from 2 weeks to 4 weeks worth of treatment), Group B showed a higher decreasing amount compared to Group A in VAS score. Conclusions : The results suggest that both pharmacopuncture treatment and chuna treatment is considered to be effective and useful on low back pain caused by traffic accidents. There is no significant difference between pharmacopuncture treatment and chuna treatment for low back pain caused by traffic accidents, however the early stages of treatments(from pre to 2 weeks treatement) show that pharmocopouncture treatment is more effective than chuna treatment for low back pain by traffic accidents. In the final stages(from 2 weeks to 4 weeks treatment), chuna treatment is more effective than pharmacopuncture treatment for low back pain by traffic accident.

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