Research Article
The Effect of Ouhyul Herbal Acupuncture Point Injections on Shoulder Pain after Stroke
Table 1
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants.
| | Characteristic | O-API | NS-API | value |
| | Age (years) | 63.8 ± 10.8 | 67.4 ± 7.8 | 0.416 | | Sex (male : female) | 6 : 7 | 4 : 7 | 0.697 | | Duration of disease (day) | 56.5 ± 29.7 | 53.5 ± 26.7 | 1.000 | | Number of treatment times | 5.7 ± 0.7 | 5.6 ± 0.8 | 0.858 | | The other treatment for shoulder pain after stroke (no.) | 3 | 1 | 0.596 | | Western medicine | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | | Herbal medicine | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | | Physical treatment | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | | Acupuncture and moxibustion | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | | Stroke type (infarction : hemorrhage) | 11 : 2 | 5 : 6 | 0.082 | | Stroke recurrent (no.) | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | | Underlying disease (no.) | | | | | Hypertension | 8 | 11 | 0.041 | | Diabetes | 4 | 3 | 1.000 | | Dislipidemia | 7 | 2 | 0.105 | | Heart disease | 1 | 2 | 0.576 |
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