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Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture at abdomen acupoints plus tuina for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation

针刺腹部穴位加推拿治疗腰椎间盘突出症疗效观察

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Abstract

Objective

To observe the clinical efficacy of acupuncture at abdomen acupoints plus tuina for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation (LIDH).

Methods

A total of 70 patients with LIDH were randomized into an observation group and a control group, with 35 cases in each group. The observation group was treated with acupuncture at abdomen acupoints plus tuina, while the control group was treated only with tuina treatment. The clinical efficacy was observed after one course of treatment.

Results

The cure rate and the total effective rate of the observation group were 83.3% and 96.7%, respectively. The cure rate and the total effective rate of the control group were 39.4% and 78.8%, respectively. There were significant differences in the cured rate and the total effective rate between the two groups (both P<0.05). There was no significant difference in Japanese Orthopedic Association (JOA) score between the two groups before treatment (P>0.05). After treatment, the JOA scores of both groups increased significantly, and the intra-group differences were statistically significant (both P<0.05); the JOA score of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group (P<0.05).

Conclusion

Acupuncture at abdomen acupoints plus tuina has a better therapeutic effect than tuina alone in the treatment of LIDH.

概要

目的

观察针刺腹部穴位加推拿治疗腰椎间盘突出症的临床疗效。

方法

将70例腰椎间盘突出症患者随 机分为观察组和对照组, 每组35例。观察组采用针刺腹部穴位加推拿治疗, 对照组仅采用推拿治疗。治疗1个疗 程后观察疗效。

结果

观察组痊愈率和总有效率分别为83.3%和96.7%, 对照组痊愈率和总有效率分别为39.4%和 78.8%, 两组痊愈率及总有效率差异均有统计学意义(均P<0.05)。治疗前, 两组JOA评分差异无统计学意义 (P>0.05)。治疗后, 两组JOA评分均明显升高(均P<0.05 ), 与本组治疗前差异均有统计学意义(均P<0.05); 治疗组 JOA评分高于对照组, 组间差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。

结论

针刺腹部穴位加推拿治疗腰椎间盘突出症的临床 疗效优于单独推拿治疗。

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by 2017 Science and Technology Development Project of Tonglu County, Hangzhou (2017 年杭州市桐庐县科技发展计划项目, No. 2017C013).

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    Nian-tang Yu  (俞年塘), Ying-dong Liu  (刘颖东), Sheng-biao Xiong  (熊圣彪) & Cheng-hua Xu  (许成华)

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    Jing Lu  (鲁静)

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Yu, Nt., Liu, Yd., Xiong, Sb. et al. Observation on therapeutic effect of acupuncture at abdomen acupoints plus tuina for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 17, 56–61 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-019-1093-z

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