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This document provides information about Dr. Koh Doyle, including his medical background and clinic schedule. It then summarizes a study he conducted on the effects of Kinesio Taping therapy for patients with degenerative cervical disorders. The study involved 43 patients over 12 weeks of twice weekly taping therapy. It found that taping therapy was effective in relieving symptoms for 81% of patients with cervical disc issues, 37% with cervical OPLL, and 100% with thoracic outlet syndromes or myofacial pain syndrome.

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KTUS-DoCol-4 - 08-Sep-2010

Koh Doyle M.D. Curriculum Vitae :


- Spine Neurosurgeon at Yonsei Univ.
Medical college in Korea
- Chiropractor at RMIT University
- Chiropractic college in Australia

My Clinic Schedule
Mon, Wen, Fri : In the morning: - Spine operation (cage, pedicle screw, laminectomy)
In the afternoon : - Chemonucleolysis by chymopapaine for only sciatic
patients with soft disc
- IDET(Intradiscal electrothermal therapy) for
chronic discogenic back pain patients
- Prolotherapy for ligament injury patients with
positive jump sign
Tue, Thu, Sat : - Only taping therapy with 3 doctors
(neurosurgery, family medicine, pain & anesthesia)
- 80 patients/day
My Treatment Protocols
1. Taping treatments for 3 weeks on uncomfortable patients with physical therapy for
2 months
If no effects, stop the taping therapy
If improved, taping therapy is continued for 3 months
2. After the 3-month taping therapy, chronic ligament pain, not muscle pain is
continued, the prolotherapy was done.3. If the case was indicated as
chemonucleolysis, IDET, triamcinolon cyriax injection,
trigger point injection, and Chiropractic adjust, these therapies were performed.

Female, 32 yrs
C.C.: severe left leg pain for 1 month
Kinesio Taping Therapy in Degenerative
Cervical Disorders
Daejin University Medical Center Department of Neurology,
Korean Spine Medicine Research Association, Vice-president,
Yonsei Univ. Medical College, Professor, KTA, Instructor Koh Do Yle
KTUS-DoCol-4 - 08-Sep-2010












Male, 41 yrs,
C.C.: chronic back pain with both sciatica

Objective
The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of Kinesio-Taping therapy in
Degenerative Cervical Disorders

Study Design1. Patients taking prior pain killer medication completed and were
treated only with the taping therapy
2. The treatment period was 12 weeks
3. The taping therapy was made twice a week

Methods
1. 43 patients with male or female, at least 18 years of age and older were selected
for this studyThe pain was continued daily for at least 3 months and all patients
were treated at other hospitals with no apparent improvement in the symptom3.
Diagnosis of cervicogenic pain was made from clinical signs and symptoms( i.e.,pain,
paresthesia, dysesthesia, numbness) plus cervical MRI, CT scan and
electromyographic/nerve conduction velocity testing evidence when appropriate
KTUS-DoCol-4 - 08-Sep-2010

4. Patients showed a normal cognitive and communicative ability in completing a
background questionnaire and responding to conversations
Exclusion
a) Depression severe enough to mandate treatment with an antidepressant
medication
b) Medically stable(D.M.gout,pregnancy)
c) Severe myelopathy or indication of surgery
Signs & Symptoms of patients
Signs & Symptoms Numbers of Patients
Only neck pain 6
Neck pain with arm pain
(unilateral)
32
Neck pain with arm pain (both) 5
Total 43

Signs duration before the taping therapy
Signs duration No. of Patients
3 < signs < 6months 9
6 < signs < 12months 16
Signs > 12 months 18

Diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS Numbers of Patients
Cervical disc (including mild
degenerative disc)
22
Cervical OPLL 8
Thoracic outlet syndromes 7
Referred pain of myofacial pain
syndrome
6

MRI 43
CT 15
KTUS-DoCol-4 - 08-Sep-2010

EMG & NCV 4
Total

Male, 68 yrs
C.C. : Severe right arm pain and neck pain for 6 months

Clinical results in pain after taping therapy for 3 months
Result
Disease
No effect Poor Good Excellent Total
C-disc 2 2 15 3 22(81%)
C-OPLL 3 2 3 0 8(37%)
TOS 0 0 3 4 7(100%)
MPS 0 0 3 3 6(100%)
Total 5 4 24 10 43

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