A Clinical Study on the Effects of Dong-Qi Acupuncture Treatment for Patents with low back pain and sciatica
Objective : The purpose of this study is to observe the effects of Dong-Qi acupuncture treatment for the patients with low back pain and sciatica. Methods : 60 patients were divided into two, Group A of 30 persons and Group B of 30 persons. Only Group A was treated with Dong-Qi acupuncture treatmen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute
2005-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pharmacopuncture |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2005.8.3.123 |
| Summary: | Objective : The purpose of this study is to observe the effects of Dong-Qi acupuncture treatment for the patients with low back pain and sciatica.
Methods : 60 patients were divided into two, Group A of 30 persons and Group B of 30 persons. Only Group A was treated with Dong-Qi acupuncture treatment, Group B was treated with just Dong-Si acupuncture treatment.
Results : In VAS, Group A is 6.57±1.91 and Group B is 5.20±2.22(P=0.013). In Improvement index, Group A is 0.2295±0.1036 and Group B is 0.1545±0.0895 (P=0.004).
Conclusion : We knew that Dong-Qi acupuncture treatment is more effective. |
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| ISSN: | 2093-6966 2234-6856 |