만성요통 환자의 통증완화를 위한 고주파 뜸 치료기의 안전성 및 유효성 평가를 위한 임상시험

Abstract

Traditional indirect moxibustion have commonly used to treat the musculoskeletal pain in oriental medicine field. However, there are some disadvantage of traditional indirect moxibustion such as unhealthy smoke, and expensive installation costs. Some study have develop a medical device to solve a those disadvantage using modern technology. In this study, we have progressed clinical trial to treat a chronic low back pain with developed RF (radio frequency) moxibustion medical device. The 55 subjects (13 for male, and 42 for female) have enrolled during 12 months. The performance of RF moxibustion medical device have similar effectiveness (p=0.196 for VAS test on Visit 11) compared with traditional indirect moxibustion. In future studies, we will trial the large-scale clinical study with various musculoskeletal pain on multi clinical sites.

Keywords

• Clinical trial
• Chronic low back pain
• Radio frequency
• Medical device
• Traditional indirect moxibustion
• Efficacy
• Safety