Utilization of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Korean Elite Athletes: Current Status and Future Implications

Table 4

Reasons for utilization of Korean medicine treatments.

Questions	Answer choice	Elite athletes	General population	value
Q. What are the reasons for KM treatments?	Disc problem	17.9	12.7	0.409
	Sprains	63.0	37.3	<0.001
	Back pain	52.6	52.7	1
	Frozen shoulder	17.2	20.9	0.627
	Arthritis	25.3	20.7	0.545
	Improvement of health status	11.4	16.5	0.403
Q. Which KM treatments have you used?	Acupuncture	95.8	90.2	0.202
	Moxibustion	70.1	49.1	0.004
	Cupping	80.5	53.0	<0.001
	Pharmacopuncture	47.9	22.6	<0.001
	Chuna manual therapy	27.8	7.8	<0.001
	Herbal medicine	21.6	39.2	0.011
Q. What is the primary reason for using KM?	Treatments are effective	59.5	66.3	0.002
	No burden on surgery or examination	13.9	6.6
	Less side effects	4.1	16.4
	Cost is low	4.4	1.0
	Close distance	9.8	1.6
	Special treatments	8.3	8.0