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Trends and Characteristics of Patients Who Have Been Received the Physical Therapy of Korean Medicine at an University Hospital: A Retrospective Medical Chart Review

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2014, 24(1), pp.55-63
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine

Hwang Eui-hyoung 1 이현엽 2 Kwang-ho Heo 2 조현우 3 Hwang Mansuk ORD ID 2 Misook Shin 1 김정화 4 Seong-ha Park 1 Shin, Byung Cheul ORD ID 1

1부산대학교
2부산대학교 한방병원 한방재활의학과
3부산대학교한방병원 한방재활의학과
4부산대학교 한방병원 의무기록실

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ABSTRACT

Objectives The aim of this study was to offer the fundamental data for the physical therapies of Korean medicine through analyse the database of one university hospital. Methods As this study was retrospective analysis, following items were selected and analysed in the electronic medical record (EMR) database. (1) sex, (2) inpatient or outpatient, (3) medical department, (4) diagnosis, (5) kind of insurance. Results Although all kind of physical therapies were used, interferential current therapy (ICT) was the most used physical therapy. And department of rehabilitation medicine of Korean medicine prescribed physical therapies most among the 8 specialty departments. As physical therapies were used in various kinds of diseases, they were especially used in musculoskeletal diseases and nervous system diseases. Conclusions The analysis of actual condition of using physical therapies in a real clinical setting of Korean medicine could be a useful fundamental data for the application of modernized physical therapies.

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