Available online 2018-12-31, published 2018-12-31, Korean Herb. Med. Inf. 2018;22(2)

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

Clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of laser with RF moxibustion medical device in patients with chronic low back pain

Authors : 민상연(Sang Yeon Min), 정찬영(Chan Yung Jung), 임지연(Chi-Yeon Lim), 박성윤(Sung Yun Park)

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.

Keyword: Clinical trial, Chronic low back pain, Radio frequency, Medical device, Traditional indirect moxibustion, Efficacy, Safety

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