Case Report of Korean Medical Treatment on Acute Peroneal Nerve Palsy Patient Caused by Prolonged Immobilization

Abstract

Objectives This study was carried out to investigate the clinical effects of Korean medical treatment on acute peroneal nerve palsy caused by prolonged immobilization. Methods One patient with acute peroneal nerve palsy was treated with various korean medical techniques such as acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping and herbal medicine, beevenom acupuncture for 12 weeks. Manual Muscle Test, Range of motion, Numerical Rating Scale, Ankle-hindfoot scale, Digital infrared thermographing imaging system were used to evaluate treatment effect. Results After treatment, all the scales mentioned above were improved significantly. Conclusions This result showed that Korean medical treatment is effective on acute peroneal nerve palsy caused by prolonged immoblization. (J Korean Med Rehab 2015;25(3): 127-136)

A Review of Research on the Treatment of Peroneal Nerve Palsy by Acupuncture and Moxibustion

“…BV was used in studies by Choi [13], Kim [14], Kim [15], Yang [16] and Kim [17]. BV was the only treatment used in studies by Kim [14], Yang [16] and Kim [17] In the remaining studies, BV and other pharmacopuncture treatments were used together.…”

“…BV was the only treatment used in studies by Kim [14], Yang [16] and Kim [17] In the remaining studies, BV and other pharmacopuncture treatments were used together. Choi [13] used BV and Xinyang-hu injection, and Kim [15] used BV and Hwanglyeonhaedok injection. It is difficult to accurately compare the treatment effect of single BV and the mixed treatment of BV and pharmacoacupuncture because all 5 studies used various treatments besides BV and pharmacoacupuncture and their evaluation index was not the same.…”

A Clinical Research Analysis of the Korean Medicine for Peroneal Nerve Palsy

“…Search items N 한 환자를 다룬 연구는 10편이었고 치료기간은 짧게는 4주, 길게는 16주가량 소요되었다 4,7,8,12,[17][18][19][20][21][22] . 외상에 의 한 경우는 3편의 연구가 보고되었고 짧게는 4주, 길게 는 10주의 치료기간이 소요되었다 3,8,10) .…”