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An Effect of Infrared Therapy on Acupoints; Randomized Controlled Trials Review

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2011, 21(2), pp.203-210
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

황의형 1 Shin, Byung Cheul ORD ID 1 Misook Shin 1 Hyun Woo Cho 1 정여름 1 설재욱 1

1부산대학교

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ABSTRACT

Objectives :The aim of this study is to establish evidence-based guideline on infrared therapy on acupoints. Methods :We investigated all the articles in websites including Pubmed, China national knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) and medical journals authorized by national research foundation of Korea. The key words are acupoints and infrared. For the first time, we withdrew some papers no relationship to key words by reading titles and abstracts. In the second, we only selected randomized clinical trials(RCT) published from 2000 to 2010. Results :Out of 62 papers, only 2 RCT were analyzed. One(RCT 1) was about depression patients with insomnia(jadad score: 1). The other(RCT 2) was about urimic pruritus patients(jadad score: 5). In RCT 1, experimental group was significantly better than control group. In RCT 2, there was not statistical signification between two groups. Conclusions :In reality, there were not many papers on infrared therapy applications. Further study just like RCTs may be needed to establish evidenced-based guideline on infrared.

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