요통환자 80례에 대한 임상적 고찰

Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the general distribution and the efficacy of oriental medical treatment for low back pain . Methods: The 80 cases of low back pain patients was analyzed according to the distribution of sex ,age, the period of disease, contributing factor, the patient-condition on admission , the symptom on admission, the duration of admission, the reading of the X-ray and the treatment efficacy was evaluated respectively. Results: 1. Female was more than male in the ratio of 1:1.2,and thirties and seventies 25% the most, the acutest phase 46.3% the most, reason unknown 33.8% the most, Grade Ⅲ 50% the most, L.B.P. only 51.3% the most, the day of 6-10 30% the most, compression Fx 30% the most. 2.In the total treatment result, the good was 51.3% ,the excellent 22.5%, the fair 17.5%, the poor 8.8% in order. About 'the effective rate' (the percentage of positive effective treatment cases) of each distribution, the fifties 100% the most, the acutest phase 97.3% the most, the slip down, weight lifting, overuse 100% the most respectively, Grade Ⅲ 97.5% the most, L.B.P. only 95.1% the most, the day of 11-15 100% the most, H.N.P. 93.3% the most. Conclusions: We have known the efficacy of oriental medical treatment for L.B.P. was good and early treatment was better than late treatment and main cause of L.B.P. was degenerative change. KCI Citation Count: 10