The Retrospective Medical Charts Review of 459 Neck Pain Inpatients in Korean Medicine Hospital

Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the characteristics of inpatients who were admitted to Korean medicine hospital due to neck pain. Methods Four hundred fifty nine neck pain patients who were admitted to Cheonan Korean Medicine Hospital, Dae-jeon University from 1st, January, 2013 to 31th, December, 2013 were retrospectively reviewed according to medical charts. Results In this study, people in their 30s, females, within 0~2 weeks after onset, motivated by traffic accident, diagnosed with neck sprain, with no medical history related to neck pain, underwent outpatient treatment at medical institutions, took the highest percentage from each category of patients who admitted to Korean Medicine Hospital due to neck pain. In most (78.77%) of the patients, symptoms were more than improved. Conclusions Neck pain inpatients in Korean medicine hospital, it is difficult to find tendency. This study suggests the characteristics of neck pain inpatients who were hospitalized in Koean medicine hospital. (J Korean Med Rehab 2015;25(2):119-134)

Efficacy of Korean Medicine Combination Treatment on Recurrent Neck Pain After Medical Procedures: A Retrospective Study

“…Huh et al [31] reported that the number of patients who had received treatments only at Western medicine institutions for neck pain, was the largest among patients who were consequently admitted to Korean medicine hospitals for neck pain. Including the Data are presented as means ± SD.…”