• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.199-207
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• 2000

Objectives : Yogaktong is the general term of lowback and sciatic pain. Simplely this is not for the syndrom or illiness but for the symptoms. In the field of western medicine, it's difficult to find out the cause and to be objective when the patient feel back and sciatic pain without HNP of L-spine. Methods : To get objective yogaktomg symptoms I did this study. This is the case study of 103 patients who felt yogaktomg, and had taken DITII(Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging) at department of acupuncture and moxibustion in Conmaul Oriental medical hospital from september 1, 1998 to august 30, 1999. Results : The temperature raised 53.4% at center of lowback. There is a temperature differance on both legs, in 70.73% of patients the pain side of leg is lower temperature than the other side. Conclusions : Generally, DITI of patients who have lowback and sciatic pain is shown increasing temperature in center of lowback, decreasing temperature in pain side of leg.