Park, Jang-Woo; Hwang, Jae-Pil; Kang, Jun-Hyuk; Kim, Hyun-Su; Heo, Dong-Seok; Yoon, Il-Ji; Oh, Min-Seok

Objective : The purpose of this study is to examine if scolopendrid acuacupucture may be effective to the lateral epicondylitis. Methods : Using scolopendrid aquacupucture, we injected a small dose of it to the affected area and operated 2 pre and post treatment test; VAS(visual analogue scale), PPT(pressure pain threshold). Results : The scolopendrid aquacupucture treatment led to improvement in the pain and symptom of lateral epicondylitis by all efficacy measures. After scolopendrid aquacupucture treatment, there was improvement in VAS, PPT. Conclusion :This results suggest that scolopendrid aquacupucture is good method for treatment of lateral epicondylitis, so we suggest the possibility to use this new remedy for the lateral epicondylitis.

Scolopendrid aquacupucture; Lateral epicondylitis; Injection; Pressure pain threshold

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