Whiplash Injuries
Conditions
Keywords
bee venom acupuncture, east west collaborative medicine, whiplash associated disorder
Brief summary
1. Purpose of study 1. To evaluate the efficacy of East-West collaborative medicine using Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy on Whiplash-Associated Disorders using VAS scale 2. To evaluate the efficacy of East-West collaborative medicine using Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy on Whiplash-Associated Disorders using NDI, BDI, SF-36, and EQ-5D. 2. Interventions & Groups 1. group 1: Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy 2. group 2: zaltoprofen 3. group 3: Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy & zaltoprofen
Interventions
1:4000, SC 1cc/day, 2\ 3days/wk, for 1 month
DRUGzaltoprofen
80mg/Tab, per os 1Tab tid, for 2 months
Sponsors
Korean Pharmacoacupuncture Institute
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* clinical diagnosis of Whiplash injuries * Must have cervicalgia of more than VAS 5
Exclusion criteria
* cancer, osteoporosis, ankylosing spodylitis, cauda equina syndrome, infection * spinal operation * other musculoskeletal pain * physicological or mental disorders
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| pain scores on Visual Analogue Scale | changes from baseline in VAS at 1 month |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| neck disability scores on Neck Disability Index | changes from baseline in NDI at 1 month |
| depression scores on Beck Depression Inventory | changes from baseline in BDI at 1 month |
| quality of life scores on short form SF-36 | changes from baseline in short form SF-36 at 1 month |
| quality of life scores on EQ-5D | changes from baseline in EQ-5D at 1 month |
Contacts
Primary ContactKoh-Woon Kim
Outcome results
None listed