Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Objective: To evaluate the effects of bee venom acupuncture(BVA) on the rehabilitation and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis(RA) patients Methods: Patients with RA were treated with the BVA therapy twice a week for 3 months. Tender joint counts, swollen joint counts, morning stiffness, Eryth...
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| author | Lee Sang-Hoon Lee Hyun-Jong Park Sang-Min Kim Su-Young Park Jae-Kyung Hong Seung-Jae Yang Hyung-In Choi Do-Young Kim Keon-Sik Lee Doo-Ik Lee Yun-Ho Lee Jae-Dong |
| author_facet | Lee Sang-Hoon Lee Hyun-Jong Park Sang-Min Kim Su-Young Park Jae-Kyung Hong Seung-Jae Yang Hyung-In Choi Do-Young Kim Keon-Sik Lee Doo-Ik Lee Yun-Ho Lee Jae-Dong |
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| description | Objective: To evaluate the effects of bee venom acupuncture(BVA) on the rehabilitation and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis(RA) patients
Methods: Patients with RA were treated with the BVA therapy twice a week for 3 months. Tender joint counts, swollen joint counts, morning stiffness, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate(ESR), C-reactive protein(CRP), patient global assessment, physician global assessment, Korean health assessment questionnaire(KHAQ) were estimated and analyzed before and after BVA therapy.
Results: Tender joint counts, swollen joint counts, morning stiffness showed significant decrease after BVA therapy. But, as acute inflammatory reactants, ESR showed no significant difference and CRP showed significant increase after BVA therapy. Patient global assessment, physician global assessment, and KHAQ index showed significant improvement after BVA therapy.
Conclusions: BVA therapy can improve rehabilitation and health-related quality of life in RA patients as well as clinical symptoms and signs. Further study is required in more population with large scale including acute inflammatory reaction of BVA therapy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0eb0cfbddb19498e8d6d5a930bc8be462022-12-22T00:03:45ZengKorean Pharmacopuncture InstituteJournal of Pharmacopuncture2093-69662234-68562002-12-0152637010.3831/KPI.2002.5.2.063 Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis PatientsLee Sang-Hoon0Lee Hyun-Jong1Park Sang-Min2Kim Su-Young3Park Jae-Kyung 4Hong Seung-Jae5Yang Hyung-In6Choi Do-Young7Kim Keon-Sik8Lee Doo-Ik9Lee Yun-Ho10Lee Jae-Dong11Research Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaResearch Group of Pain and Neuroscience in Vision2000 Project, East-West Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, KoreaObjective: To evaluate the effects of bee venom acupuncture(BVA) on the rehabilitation and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis(RA) patients Methods: Patients with RA were treated with the BVA therapy twice a week for 3 months. Tender joint counts, swollen joint counts, morning stiffness, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate(ESR), C-reactive protein(CRP), patient global assessment, physician global assessment, Korean health assessment questionnaire(KHAQ) were estimated and analyzed before and after BVA therapy. Results: Tender joint counts, swollen joint counts, morning stiffness showed significant decrease after BVA therapy. But, as acute inflammatory reactants, ESR showed no significant difference and CRP showed significant increase after BVA therapy. Patient global assessment, physician global assessment, and KHAQ index showed significant improvement after BVA therapy. Conclusions: BVA therapy can improve rehabilitation and health-related quality of life in RA patients as well as clinical symptoms and signs. Further study is required in more population with large scale including acute inflammatory reaction of BVA therapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2002.5.2.063Bee venom acupunctureRheumatoid arthritisquality of lifeHAQ |
| spellingShingle | Lee Sang-Hoon Lee Hyun-Jong Park Sang-Min Kim Su-Young Park Jae-Kyung Hong Seung-Jae Yang Hyung-In Choi Do-Young Kim Keon-Sik Lee Doo-Ik Lee Yun-Ho Lee Jae-Dong Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Journal of Pharmacopuncture Bee venom acupuncture Rheumatoid arthritis quality of life HAQ |
| title | Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
| title_full | Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
| title_fullStr | Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
| title_short | Effects of Bee Venom Acupuncture on the Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients |
| title_sort | effects of bee venom acupuncture on the rehabilitation and quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients |
| topic | Bee venom acupuncture Rheumatoid arthritis quality of life HAQ |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2002.5.2.063 |
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