Journal of Acupuncture Research
- Volume 22 Issue 4
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- Pages.27-34
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- 2005
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- 2586-288X(pISSN)
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- 2586-2898(eISSN)
The Effect of Electroacupuncture Therapy with the Shoulder Pain of Frozen Shoulder Patients Analyzed by Visual Analogue Scale
Visual Analog Scale을 사용하여 분석한 특발성 동결견 환자의 견부 통증 감소에 대한 전침의 효과 연구
- Son, Chi-Hyoung (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, National Medical Center) ;
- Lim, Ho-Jea (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, National Medical Center) ;
- Lee, Won-Hui (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, National Medical Center) ;
- Jeong, Byeong-Ju (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center) ;
- Han, Seung-Hye (Department of Internal Medicine, National Medical Center) ;
- Sung, Su-Min (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, College of Medicine, Dong-Guk University) ;
- Moon, Sung-Il (Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, National Medical Center)
- 손지형 (국립의료원 한방진료부 침구과) ;
- 임호제 (국립의료원 한방진료부 침구과) ;
- 이원희 (국립의료원 한방진료부 침구과) ;
- 정병주 (국립의료원 한방진료부 내과) ;
- 한승혜 (국립의료원 한방진료부 내과) ;
- 성수민 (동국대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
- 문성일 (국립의료원 한방진료부 침구과)
- Published : 2005.08.20
Abstract
Objectives : To evaluate the pain improvement of the frozen shoulder patients taken the electro-acupuncture therapy using Visual Analogue Scale. Methods : The 38 frozen shoulder patients visited department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion in National Medical Center from 1st September 2004 to 28th February 2005 had taken the electroacupuncture therapy or body-acupuncture therapy more than 3 times.(Electroacupuncture group was 24 persons and body-acupuncture group was 14 persons.) We evaluated their improvement of shoulder pain using Visual Analog Scale(VAS) at each visit. Then we analyzed the pain improvement comparing with two groups. Results : Both VAS scores of electroacupuncture group and body-acupuncture group have significantly improved. VAS score at third visit of electroacupuncture group and body-acupuncture group have significantly improved. VAS score at third visit of electroacupuncture group was significantly lower than that of body-acupuncture group (p=0.0057). The decreased VAS score after first visit of electroacupuncture group was also significantly higher than that of body-acupuncture group(p=0.0225). Conclusion : The pain of electroacupuncture group decreased more than body-acupuncture group at early visit. But the total decreased VAS scores of two groups was not significantly different.