| 뇌졸중 후 발병한 복합부위 통증증후군 환자의 한방치료로 호전된 치험 3례 보고 |
| 변성범, 윤종민, 문병순 |
| 원광대학교 한의과대학 내과학교실 |
| Complex Regional Pain Syndrome on Post-Stroke Patients with Korean Medicine:
A Case Series of Three Patients |
| Sung-bum Byun, Jong-min Yun, Byung-soon Moon |
| Dept. of Internal Medicine, College of Korean medicine, Won-Kwang University |
| Correspondence |
Byung-soon Moon ,Tel: 063-859-2802, Fax: 063-841-0033, Email: mbs@wonkwang.ac.kr
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Published online: December 30, 2014. |
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| ABSTRACT |
Objectives:
This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of Korean Medicine on post- stroke patients with upper limb pain due to complex regional pain syndrome diagnosed by three-phase bone scan, digital infrared thermal imaging, and International Association for the Study of Pain diagnostic criteria
Methods:
To evaluate the effectiveness of the treatments, visual analogue scale, medical research council grade, Brunnstrom stage of motor recovery, modified Ashworth scale, and Korean modified Barthel index were used.
Results:
After Korean medical treatments like acupuncture, herb medication, bee-venom therapy and rehabilitation therapy for 4 weeks, upper limb pain was considerably less and function of upper limbs was improved.
Conclusions:
Korean medical treatments have some good effects on post-stroke patients with complex regional pain syndrome. |
| Key words:
complex regional pain syndrome, stroke, korean medical treatment |
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