Case Report of Korean Medical Treatment on Acute Peroneal Nerve Palsy Patient Caused by Prolonged Immobilization

• DOI: 10.18325/jkmr.2015.25.3.127
• Publication Date: 2015-08-23T20:42:46Z
• Authors: Min-Soo Kim; Jin-Hee Kim; Ji-Young Lee; Seung-Ryong Yeom; Young-Dal Kwon
• Keywords: Moxibustion; Common peroneal nerve; Superficial peroneal nerve; Bee Venom

Objectives This study was carried out to investigate the clinical effects of Korean medical treatment on acute peroneal nerve palsy caused by prolonged immobilization. Methods One patient with treated various korean techniques such as acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping and herbal medicine, bee-venom acupuncture for 12 weeks. Manual Muscle Test, Range motion, Numerical Rating Scale, Ankle-hindfoot scale, Digital infrared thermographing imaging system were used evaluate effect. Results After treatment, all scales mentioned above improved significantly. Conclusions result showed that is effective immoblization.