The Effect of Acupotomy on Lumbar and Cervical Spine Combined with Oriental Medical Treatment: Report of Five Cases

So Yun Kim; Hyun Ji Kim; Young Seung Ji; Seung Min Lee; Young Il Kim

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Kim, Kim, Ji, Lee, and Kim: The Effect of Acupotomy on Lumbar and Cervical Spine Combined with Oriental Medical Treatment: Report of Five Cases

Case Report

The Acupuncture 2014; 31(2): 183-193.

Published online: June 20, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13045/acupunct.2014036

The Effect of Acupotomy on Lumbar and Cervical Spine Combined with Oriental Medical Treatment: Report of Five Cases

So Yun Kim, Hyun Ji Kim, Young Seung Ji, Seung Min Lee, Young Il Kim^*

Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, College of Korean Medicine, Daejeon University

^*Corresponding author : Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University, 75, Daedeok-daero 176beon-gil, Seo-gu, Daejeon, 302-869, Republic of Korea, Tel : +82-42-470-9137 E-mail : omdkim01@dju.kr

Received May 20, 2014 Revised June 03, 2014 Accepted June 09, 2014

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Abstract

Objectives:

The purpose of this study is to report the improvement in patients with lumbar, cervical or radiating pain to the extremity by means of acupotomy.

Methods:

We treated 5 patients who have a disease related with lumbar or cervical spine with acupotomy combined with oriental medical treatment. We checked numeric rating scale(NRS), oswestry low back pain disability index(ODI) or neck disability index(NDI), and range of motion(ROM).

Results:

NRS and ODI/NDI were decreased, and ROM improved at all cases.

Conclusions:

This study shows acupotomy has a meaningful effect when applied on lumbar and cervical spine.

Key Words: Acupotomy; Lumbar pain; Cervical pain; Radiating pain.

Fig. 1.

Application of acupotomy on lumbar pain

Fig. 2.

L-spine MRI of case 1

Fig. 3.

L-spine MRI of case 2

Fig. 4.

C-spine MRI of case 3

Fig. 5.

L-spine MRI of case 4

Fig. 6.

L-spine CT of case 5

Fig. 7.

The change of NRS at before and after treatment

Fig. 8.

The change of ODI at before and after treatment

Fig. 9.

The change of NDI at before and after treatment

Table 1.

Progress in the Treatment of Case 1

	2014. 01. 16 (before treatment)	2014. 02. 08 (after treatment)
NRS	10	6
ODI	35	20
Flexion(″)	80(+)	80(+)
Extension(″)	20(+)	30(+)

NRS : numeric rating scale. ODI : oswestry disability index.

Table 2.

Progress in the Treatment of Case 2

	2014. 02. 18. (before treatment)	2014. 02. 27 (after treatment)
NRS	10	2
ODI	32	16
Flexion(″)	60(+)	80
Extension(″)	30	30

Table 3.

Progress in the Treatment of Case 3

	2014. 03. 03 (before treatment)	2014. 03. 25 (after treatment)
NRS	10	0
NDI	27	15
Flexion(″)	45	45
Extension(″)	30(+)	30(+)

Table 4.

Progress in the Treatment of Case 4

	2014. 04. 07 (before treatment)	2014. 04. 09 (after treatment)
NRS	10	3
ODI	15	9
Flexion(″)	80(+)	80
Extension(″)	10(+)	30

Table 5.

Progress in the Treatment of Case 5

	2014. 04. 18 (before treatment)	2014. 05. 10 (after treatment)
NRS	10	2
ODI	28	16
Flexion(″)	0(+)	30(+)
Extension(″)	20(+)	30(+)

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