Open AccessEffect of Acupotomy Therapy on Lateral Epicondylitis Diagnosed by Ultrasonography
Author(s) -
Na-Ra Lim,
Jin-Young Lim,
Dong-Woung Kim,
Jong-Deok Lee,
Sungchul Kim
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of pharmacopuncture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2234-6856
pISSN - 2093-6966
DOI - 10.3831/kpi.2011.14.2.053
Subject(s) - epicondylitis , ultrasonography , medicine , tennis elbow , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery , radiology , elbow
Purpose: This observation was to report the clinical effects of acupotomy in treating lateral epicondylitis.\udMethods: Three patients diagnosed with lateral epicondylitis were treated with acupotomy. Two were male and one was female. The improvement of symptom were evaluated by visual analog scale (VAS) and self-consciousness symptoms of Cozen test.\udResults: After one treatments, patient's chief complaint and the pain near the lateral epicondyle while cozen test were notably improved.\udConclusions: This study demonstrates that oriental medical treatment with acuputomy therapy has significant effect in improving symptoms of lateral epicondylitis. As though we had not wide experienced in this treatment, more research is needed