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Comparison of Therapeutic Effects on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome between Oriental and Western Medicine
Journal of Korean Medicine / Journal of Korean Medicine, (P)1010-0695; (E)2288-3339
2007, v.28 no.1, pp.87-93
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(2007). Comparison of Therapeutic Effects on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome between Oriental and Western Medicine. Journal of Korean Medicine, 28(1), 87-93.
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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, taking 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.
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- Carpal tunnel syndrome, electromyography, Oriental medical treatment, Carpal tunnel syndrome, electromyography, Oriental medical treatment
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