120
Participants
Start Date
September 30, 2011
Primary Completion Date
September 30, 2014
Study Completion Date
September 30, 2014
Chuna herbal medicine
120ml of Chuna herbal medicine(Ostericum koreanum, Eucommia ulmoides, Acanthopanax Sessiliflorus, Achyranthes bidentata, Psoralea corylifolia, Peucedanum japonicum, Cibotium barometz, Lycium chinense, Boschniakia rossica, and Cuscuta chinensis) taken twice a day 30 minutes after meals for 16 weeks
Chuna manual therapy
A type of Korean spinal manual therapy administered 5\~10 minutes at physician's discretion once a week for 16 weeks. Applies mobilization using High-Velocity, Low-Amplitude thrusts to joints slightly beyond the passive ROM and manual force within the passive ROM without thrusts.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture using sterilized disposable needles, sized 0.30X40 mm. Needles left for 15\~20 minutes, selecting 6 acupoints(both BL23, BL24, BL25) and other acupoints at physician's discretion, using a total of 10\~20 acupoints once a week for 16 weeks.
Bee-venom pharmacoacupuncture
Bee-venom pharmacoacupuncture using 30G sterilized bee venom. Selecting 6 acupoints(both BL23, BL24, BL25) and other acupoints at physician's discretion, concentration 10,000:1, 0.1 cc per acupoint, total amount injected 1.0 cc/session once a week for 16 weeks.
Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine, Bucheon-si
Jaseng Hospital of Oriental Medicine, Seoul
Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine
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