| Autor: |
Masayuki Kanehara, Ko Nishimura, Wenping Zhang, Ken Takagi, Kaito Mizuno, Shigeru Urata, Atushi Takeda, Ryohei Ishiyama |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Clinical Investigation. |
| ISSN: |
2041-6792 |
| DOI: |
10.4172/clinical-investigation.1000124 |
| Popis: |
Background: In order to standardize an effective acupuncture therapy for chronic dull pain and stiffness of neck and shoulder, we made a protocol characterized with planning treatment according to diagnosis and examined its availability. Methods and findings: Thirty-two patients were categorized into three groups based on the pathophysiology of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Blood stasis due to Qi stagnancy (Group-1), Deficiency of Liver-blood (Group-2), Yin deficiency of Liver and Kidney (Group-3) according to their subjective symptoms and signs. Acupuncture treatment was performed once a week over a two week period in accordance with the protocol that was arranged to each group. The averaged VAS values after the 3rd therapy in the whole groups decreased significantly (p |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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