• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.151-158
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• 2004

Objective : The purpose of this study is to observe the effects of Eo-Hyeol Bang(瘀血方) for the patients with low back pain due to traffic accident. Methods : Eo-Hyeol Bang based on Sa-Am Acupuncture treatment(four needle technic), consists of Taibai(SP3), Taiyuan(LU9), Quchi(LI11). In following research, 60 patients were divided into Group A and Group B of each 30 persons. Only Group A was treated with Eo-Hyeol Bang, Group B was treated with common acupuncture treatment. Results : In VAS, Group A is $5.77{\pm}1.96$ and Group B is $4.53{\pm}2.40$ (P=0.033). In Improvement index, Group A is $0.3191{\pm}0.1597$ and Group B is $0.2267{\pm}0.1297$ (P=0.017). Conclusions : As a result of each P-value, we knew that Eo-Hyeol Bang is more effective than another acupuncture technic.