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. 2022 Dec 6;10(12):2462.
doi: 10.3390/healthcare10122462.

Long-Term Follow-Up of Intensive Integrative Treatment including Motion Style Acupuncture Treatment (MSAT) in Hospitalized Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation: An Observational Study

Mu-Jin Park  1 , So-Ri Jin  1 , Eun-Song Kim  2 , Hyun-Seok Lee  2 , Kyu-Hyun Hwang  3 , Seung-Ju Oh  3 , Jee Young Lee  4 , Doori Kim  5 , Yoon Jae Lee  5 , In-Hyuk Ha  5
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Long-Term Follow-Up of Intensive Integrative Treatment including Motion Style Acupuncture Treatment (MSAT) in Hospitalized Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation: An Observational Study

Mu-Jin Park et al. Healthcare (Basel). .

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of and satisfaction with integrative Korean medicine treatment and motion style acupuncture treatment (MSAT) in patients with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). We retrospectively analyzed medical charts and prospectively surveyed adult patients aged between 19 and 64 years treated for lumbar disc herniation for at least 6 days at three Korean hospitals from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020. The primary outcome was the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) for back pain. Secondary outcome measures included the NRS for radiating leg pain, the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), and the European Quality of Life-5 Dimension-5 Level (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire. The NRS scores for low back pain decreased from 5.40 ± 1.58 to 2.92 ± 2.09, NRS for radiating leg pain from 5.57 ± 1.56 to 1.78 ± 2.36, and ODI from 46.39 ± 16.72 to 16.47 ± 15.61 at baseline and survey, respectively. The EQ-5D-5L increased from 0.57 ± 0.19 to 0.82 ± 0.14. In conclusion, Korean medicine and MSAT could be effective treatment methods for patients with LDH. The results of this study can be used as helpful information for clinicians who treat patients with LDH in real clinical settings.

Keywords: integrative treatment; lumbar disc herniation; motion style acupuncture treatment; surveys and questionnaires.

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Figure 1
Flow chart. Abbreviations: Numerical Rating Scale (NRS); LBP, Low back pain (LBP); radiating leg pain (RP).
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Changes in outcome at admission, discharge and follow-up in the MSAT and n-MSAT groups. Abbreviation: follow-up (F/U).
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Figure 3
Survival analysis on improvement in NRS for LBP in the MSAT and n-MSAT groups. Abbreviation: minimal clinically important difference (MCID).
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