ABSTRACT
In recent years, there are rapid growths in demanding the improvement of medical service worldwide, which provides the human-centered medical service as well as reestablishes the concept of the health to improve the quality of life. Therefore, in the Western society, the demand of integrated health care that incorporates conventional and complementary therapies such as acupuncture has increased. In particular, it shows remarkable trend in chronic diseases such as osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) as average geriatric population becomes extended.
