A Clinical Study on the Effects of Dong-Qi Acupuncture Treatment for Patents with low back pain and sciatica

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• Dong-Qi acupuncture
• Dong-Si acupuncture
• Low back pain
• Sciatica