대한한의학회지 (The Journal of Korean Medicine)
- 제28권1호통권69호
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- Pages.87-93
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- 2007
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- 1010-0695(pISSN)
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- 2288-3339(eISSN)
수근관증후군 환자에 대한 한방과 양방치료효과의 비교
Comparison of Therapeutic Effect on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome between Oriental and Western Medicine
- 배형섭 (경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
- 홍진우 (경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
- 최창민 (경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
- 나병조 (경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
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박성욱
(경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
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문상관
(경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
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박정미
(경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
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고창남
(경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
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조기호
(경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
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김영석
(경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실) ;
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정우상
(경희대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실)
- Bae, Hyung-Sup (Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Hong, Jin-Woo (Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Choi, Chang-Min (Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
- Na, Byung-Jo (Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Park, Seong-Uk
(Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Moon, Sang-Kwan
(Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Park, Jung-Mi
(Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Ko, Chang-Nam
(Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Cho, Ki-Ho
(Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Kim, Young-Suk
(Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Jung, Woo-Sang
(Department of Cardiovascular & Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center) College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
- 발행 : 2007.03.30
초록
Objectives : This study was to assess the effectiveness of Oriental medical treatment on carpal tunnel syndrome, comparing its outcome with that of Western medical treatment. Methods : After being diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome by electromyography, subjects were enrolled in Kyung Hee Medical Center from March 2006 to January 2007. We prescribed Kejibokryung-hwan to the Oriental medical therapy group (OM group) and NSAIDS to the Western medical therapy group (WM group). Effectiveness was assessed by degree of pain using visual analog scale (VAS) before and after 3 weeks' treatment. Adverse effects were also monitored. Results : There were 21 patients in the OM group and 19 in the WM group. No statistical significant difference was detected at the baseline assessment. After 3 weeks of medication, pain was reduced about 26% in the OM group and 46% in the WM group. These findings might be explained by that more than half of the WM group received local steroid injection, which has been known to have more rapid analgesic effect that oral medication. Although pain reduction rate was higher in the WM group than in the OM group, we suggest that Oriental medical treatment is still effective, faking into consideration the fact that completely recovered cases were found only in the OM group. No adverse effect was found in either of the groups. Conclusion : This work could help us to understand the effectiveness of Oriental medical treatment on carpal tunnel syndrome.