요통으로 한방병원에 입원한 환자의 병력기간별 호전도에 관한 연구

ObjectivesLow back pain causes disability and incurs large socioeconomic burden. Many cases of acute low back pain progress into chronic conditions. As the treatment peri-od extends, burden of socioeconomic expenses also rises. Thus this study is to investigate whether history period influences improvement rate of pain and disability in the patients who receive conservative Korean medicine treatment. Methods447 inpatients who received conservative Korean Medicine treatment for the management of low back pain have been grouped into acute, sub-acute and chronic ac-cording to the length of history period. NRS, ODI and improvement rate of each group were investigated. Treatment every patient has received as follow; acupuncture, herbal medi-cine, Chuna manipulation, bee venom, and physical treatment. ResultsAcute patients showed improvement with NRS of 3.98±2.50 and ODI of 28.04 ±21.54. The NRS of sub-acute patients showed improvement with NRS of 2.81±2.07,ODI also showed improvement with 11.64±13.94. Statistically significant difference was observed in NRS, ODI and improvement for acute patients. Improvement in pain and dis-ability was observed to be larger. ConclusionsIt demonstrated that receiving valid conservative Korean medicine treat-ment is beneficial for low back pain patients in improvement of their pain and disability. (J Korean Med Rehab 2014;24(4):137-143)