Journal of Acupuncture Research

Korean Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine Society (대한침구의학회)
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Comparative Clinical Study between Oriental Medical and Oriental-Western Medical Treatment on Bell's Palsy

특발성 안면신경 마비(Bell's Palsy)의 한방치료와 한양방 협진치료의 효과에 대한 임상적 비교 연구

  • Kwon, Na-Hyoun (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Shin, Ye-Ji (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Chan-Young (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kho, Pil-Seong (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Yi, Won-Il (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Joh, Byung-Jin (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Woo, Hyun-Su (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Baek, Yong-Hyeon (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Park, Dong-Suk (Dept. of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Collage of Oriental medicine, Kyung Hee University)
  • 권나현 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 신예지 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 김찬영 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 고필성 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 이원일 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 조병진 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 우현수 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 백용현 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실) ;
  • 박동석 (경희대학교 한의과대학 침구학교실)
  • Published : 2008.06.20
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Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to investigate the therapeutic effects of oriental medical treatment and oriental-western medical treatment on Bell's palsy. Methods : From 1st June, 2006 to 31th August, 2007, 30 Bell's palsy patients who visited the Facial palsy center at East-West Neo Medical Center within 7days of onset and treated for more than 4weeks were randomly divided into two groups. Group A was treated with oriental medical therapy(Acupuncture, Herb, Physical therapy) and Group B with both oriental and western medical therapy(Acupuncture, Herb, Physical therapy, Administration of prednisone). We evaluated the treatment effect of each group with the House-Brackmann Gross Grading System before treatment, after 1week, 2weeks, 3weeks and 4weeks of treatment. Results : After 1week of treatment, Group A showed better performance compared with Group B. After 3weeks and 4 weeks of treatment, Group B showed better performance than Group A. Conclusions : These results proved that combination treatment of oriental and western medicine was more effective than just oriental medical treatment in long term treatment of Bell's palsy. But we discovered that there were no significant differences between the two groups.

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