The Relationship between the Use of Korean and Western Medicine in treating Musculoskeletal Disease

Choi, Byunghee; Son, Chihyoung; Byung-Mook, Lim，

doi:10.13048/jkm.14027

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“…노인인구의 증가 등의 이유로 최근 근골격계 질환의 유병 율이 증가하고 있다 12) . 근골격계 질환은 사망과 직접적으로 연 관되지는 않지만 통증으로 인해 삶의 질을 떨어트릴 수 있다 는 것이 특징이다 13) . 더불어 근골격계 질환에 대한 한의치료의 수요도 증가하고 있으며 그 중에서도 침치료는 대중적으로 사 용되고 있는 치료방법 중 하나이다.…”

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A Case Report of Changes in Median Nerve Thickness Observed During Acupotomy Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Focusing on Musculoskeletal Acupoint Ultrasonography

Yoon

Kim

et al. 2022

Journal of Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue

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Introduction:The main symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome are pain, numbness, and paresthesia in the thumb and second and third fingers along the area innervated by the median nerve. In this study, we observed and reported changes in median nerve thickness through ultrasound after acupotomy treatment. Methods: One patient who received acupotomy treatment for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome from June 29, 2022 to August 20, 2022. Results: The patient's symptoms were similar until the end of treatment, but on ultrasound images, the thickness of the median nerve in the distal carpal tunnel decreased from 0.4 cm on June 29, when the patient first visited the hospital, to 0.33 cm on July 16. During the subsequent 4 treatments, all of them remained constant at 0.28 cm, resulting in a final decrease of 42%. Conclusion: Improvement of median nerve thickness was observed after applying acupotomy treatment for CTS.

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A Case Report of Changes in Median Nerve Thickness Observed During Acupotomy Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Focusing on Musculoskeletal Acupoint Ultrasonography

Yoon

Kim

et al. 2022

Journal of Korean Medical Society of Soft Tissue

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“…First, pluralist behavior that uses both CAM and biomedicine needs to be investigated in terms other than whether CAM is used or not and the number of physician visits. For example, CAM use needs to be further quantified in the amount of CAM use (eg, frequency and monetary expenditure) 46 ; the measurement of biomedicine use can be further diversified (eg, vaccinations and specific biomedical interventions among patient groups with specific health conditions). 45 Second, the subjective meanings and details of the concurrent use of CAM and biomedicine need to be elaborated through more qualitative studies of CAM users.…”

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The Relationship Between the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Use of Biomedical Services

Shim

2015

Asia Pac J Public Health

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To provide East Asian evidence to the relationship between the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and the use of biomedicine, this article examines the institutionalization of traditional East Asian medicine (EM) in China, Korea, and Japan and how it affects the relationship between EM use and biomedicine use. It uses the 2010 East Asian Social Survey. Logistic regressions specify the statistical association between EM use and biomedical physician visits. These models show that the high institutional acceptance of EM promotes the concurrent use of EM and biomedicine. In addition, since these countries feature different ways of institutionalizing EM (unification in China, equalization in Korea, and subjugation in Japan), the concurrent use is more obvious under the Chinese and the Korean system than the Japanese system. It concludes that the CAM use can be complementary to biomedicine, depending on how CAM and biomedicine are institutionalized in medical systems.

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“…Previous studies 7 , 8 showed a strong association with musculoskeletal system diseases and TKM; however, there are only few statistical analysis studies on basic characteristics and utilization pattern of TKM data from the Korean population, which may not be the strong evidence of generalization. There is also a lack of systematic analysis studies on symptom, diagnosis and treatment regimen pattern of LBP patients.…”

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Korean medicine registry for low back pain: a study protocol for prospective observational multi-center study (KLOS)

Jang

et al. 2020

Integrative Medicine Research

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Background Low back pain (LBP) is a major burden in Korea. Despite its high prevalence, the government and the public health sector do not address the specific evidences of symptom control and prevention of LBP to reduce long-term healthcare costs and increase the quality of life. Thus, the Korean medicine sector encourages to collection and analysis of the medical utilization pattern of patients with LBP in Korea to provide evidences of LBP control strategy as well as political decisions. Methods KLOS, a prospective, multi-center, patient registry pilot study will collaborate with 7 traditional Korean medicine hospitals and recruit patients with LBP into the registry. A total of 150 eligible patients with new episodes of LBP, who visit a Korean hospital without any other treatment history, will be enrolled in the registry. After enrollment, we will collect the individual characteristics of each patient, such as pain intensity, LBP-related daily disability, anthropometrics, and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) at baseline and FU1 and FU2. We will also access the patients’ clinical and administrative electronic records to analyze the pattern of patients’ resource utilization. Overall, the aims of KLOS are to (1) explore the general characteristics of patients with new episodes of LBP and (2) evaluate the efficacy and safety of various Korean medicine treatments for LBP, based on nationwide registry outcome collecting process. Discussion The first pilot study of prospective, multi-center registry of newly diagnosed LBP patients in traditional Korean medicine hospitals. The result of this study may show the current status of LBP patients who receive Korean medicine treatments and provide evidences for reasonable decision-making on Korean medicine healthcare policy in the future. Trial registration number ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02418286.

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The Relationship between the Use of Korean and Western Medicine in treating Musculoskeletal Disease

Cited by 10 publications

References 8 publications

A Case Report of Changes in Median Nerve Thickness Observed During Acupotomy Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Focusing on Musculoskeletal Acupoint Ultrasonography

A Case Report of Changes in Median Nerve Thickness Observed During Acupotomy Treatment of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Focusing on Musculoskeletal Acupoint Ultrasonography

The Relationship Between the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Use of Biomedical Services

Korean medicine registry for low back pain: a study protocol for prospective observational multi-center study (KLOS)

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