편타손상에 기인한 급성두통환자의 한방치료에 대한 후향적 증례 연구

• Published in: 대한한방내과학회지 Vol. 41; no. 4; pp. 676 - 687
• Main Authors: 김석우, 진소리, 박무진, 김동우, 강경래, 김수연, 오승주, 김은송, 진동은, Kim, Seok-woo, Jin, So-ri, Park, Moo-jin, Kim, Dong-woo, Kang, Kyung-rae, Kim, Soo-yeon, Oh, Seung-ju, Kim, Eun-song, Jin, Dong-eun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한한방내과학회 01.09.2020
• Subjects: 한의학; acute headache; case report; traffic accident; whiplash injury; combination of Korean medical admission treatment
• ISSN: 1226-9174
• DOI: 10.22246/jikm.2020.41.4.676

Objectives: The aim of this study was to report improvement of acute headache incurred in a traffic accident in five patients who underwent inpatient treatment with Korean medicine. Methods: We collected data for traffic accident patients with acute headache who were admitted to the Ja-Seng Hospital of Korean Medicine from November 2019 to April 2020 and received combinational Korean medical treatment. All patients had numerical rating scale (NRS) values of 6 or greater. The patients were treated with acupuncture, pharmacopuncture, herbal medicine, and chuna treatment. We measured the validity of the treatment with the NRS, Headache Impact Test-6 (HIT-6), and Henry Ford Headache Disability Inventory (HDI) at admission and on the date of hospital discharge. Results: At the end of the treatment, all patients showed decreases in NRS, HDI, and HIT scores. Conclusions: The combination of Korean medicine at admission was effective in five patients with acute headache after a traffic accident. However, the number of subjects was insufficient and individual efficacy was not measured in this study. Therefore, further studies are needed on this topic.