Clinical Study about Shoulder Pain by Oriental Medical Treatment and Oriental-Western Medical Treatment

Abstract

Objectives : This study is for comparing the results in two groups of using Oriental medical treatment only with using Oriental-Western medical treatment together to shoulder pain patients. Methods : 49 shoulder pain patients who participated in the clinical study both at the Bukpyeoung Haemalkeun Oriental Medical Clinic and at the Bukpyeoung Medical Clinic in Donghae city were classified 2 groups. Group A was treated with Oriental medical therapy only and group B was treated with Oriental-Western medical treatment together. They have been treated 3 times a week for 4 weeks. Results : After 1, 2 and 4 weeks of each treatment, the scores of the two groups in ‘Subjective symptoms of shoulder pain’, ‘Indisposition index of every day life’, ‘Shoulder pain and disability index’, ‘Visual analog scale’ became signific antly lower than those before treatment. Conclusion : Treatment of group B was better than treatment of group A but, there was no significant difference in therapeutic action between two groups.

Keywords

• shoulder pain