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The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine > Volume 28(3); 2007 > Article
The Journal of Internal Korean Medicine 2007;28(3): 632-644.
연하장애를 동반한 중풍환자 3례에서의 두침 및 전침의 효과
백경민, 김민지, 이현의, 임승민, 안정조, 유호룡, 조현경, 김윤식, 설인찬
대전대학교부속한방병원 심계내과학교실
A Clinical Study of 3 Cases of Stroke Patients with Dysphagia Treated by Simultaneous Scalp-acupuncture and Electroacupuncture
Kyung-min Baek, Min-ji Kim, Hyon-ui Lee, Seung-min Lim, Jung-jo An, Ho-ryong Yoo, Hyun-kyung Jo, Yoon-sik Kim, In-chan Seol
Department of Internal Medicine, Oriental Hospital of Daejeon University
Correspondence  In-chan Seol ,Tel: 042-229-6805, Fax: 042-254-3403, Email: seolinch@dju.ac.kr
  Published online: September 30, 2007.
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Although dysphagia is a common complication in stroke patients, there are few studies or reports about its treatment in oriental medicine. This study was to report the effects of scalp-acupuncture and electro-acupuncture in stroke patients with dysphagia.

Methods :
Three stroke patients with dysphagia hospitalized in our hospital were treated by scalp-acupuncture and electro-acupuncture simultaneously every day, 5 times a week for 4 weeks.

Results:
All of them showed constant improvement during the four weeks. Not only did their objective measures improve, but also their subjective symptoms such as throat discomfort, sputum, swallowing disturbance etc.

Conclusions:
This suggests that scalp-acupuncture and electro-acupuncture are quite effective when treating stroke patients with dysphagia. More clinical data and studies are to be done for efficient application.
Key words: dysphagia, scalp-acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, stroke
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