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Clinical Study on 1 Case of Cervical Dystonia Treated by Korean Medicine and Transfer Energy Capacitive and Resistive (TECAR) Therapy

  • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
  • Abbr : JKMR
  • 2019, 29(4), pp.109-115
  • DOI : 10.18325/jkmr.2019.29.4.109
  • Publisher : The Korean Academy Of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Korean Medicine
  • Received : August 29, 2019
  • Accepted : October 8, 2019
  • Published : October 31, 2019

Won Jun Lee 1 Youngsuk Yoon 1 Jongho Kim 1 Keunjae Lee 1 Mi-Hye Kim 1 Ho-sun Ryu 1 Subin Han 1 Byung-Hak Park 1 Jae-Min Son 1 Nam-Woo Lee 1 Jeong-Hun Han 1 Hye-Jin Seo 2 Ji-Hoon Kim 3

1자생한방병원 한방재활의학과
2자생한방병원 한방내과
3동신대학교 한의과대학 한방재활의학교실

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ABSTRACT

Cervical dystonia (CD) is a disorder characterized by sustained or intermittent, involuntary muscle contractions which cause twisting, repetitive movements and abnormal postures. In this case report, a CD patients was treated with transfer energy capacitive and resistive (TECAR) therapy and conventional Korean medicine, which consists of acupuncture, Chuna manual medicine, pharmacopuncture and herbal medicine. For outcome measures, this study evaluated Cobb’s angle, EuroQol five dimension scale (EQ-5D), numerical rating scale (NRS), neck disabillity index (NDI) and cervical range of motion. As a result, improvements were found in Cobb’s angle (18.65°to 15.90°), EQ-5D score (0.808 to 0.862), NRS (5 to 3), NDI (16 to 8) and angle of cervical lateral bending (15° to 25°). In conclusion, this study shows that combined therapy of conventional Korean medicine treatment and TECAR therapy can be effective for CD patients. (J Korean Med Rehabil 2019;29(4):109-115)

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