Clinical Research on Treating Lumbar Disc Herniation with Acupuncture and Cupping Therapy
Item
Title
Clinical Research on Treating Lumbar Disc Herniation with Acupuncture and Cupping Therapy
Journal Publication
Date
2014
volume
23(1)
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of treating lumbar disc herniation with acupuncture and cupping therapy. Methods: 93 patients with lumbar disc herniation were randomly divided into three groups, including 31 cases in the treatment group, 30 cases in control group I and 32 cases in control group 2. Patients in the treatment group received acupuncture combined with plum-blossom needle pricking and cup-ping therapy, while patients in control group 1 and control group 2 were assigned to acupuncture therapy and plum-blossom needle pricking combined with cupping therapy, respectively. Several related pain scales were rated in the three groups before and after treatment. Results: There were significant differences in multiple comparisons among the treatment group, control group I, and control group 2 (P< 0.05). There were significant differences in symptom score before and after treatment in all three groups (P < 0.05). There were sig-nificant differences between the treatment group and the control group after treatment (P < 0.05). Conclusion: Treating lumbar disc herniation with combined acupuncture and cupping therapy is effective, and the efficacy is significantly higher than simple acupuncture or plum-blossom needle pricking and cupping therapy alone.
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Date of Input: 1/29/2015; Date Modified: 6/2/2015; Availability: --In File--; Priority: Normal; Intervertebral Disc Displacement; The Second People's Hospital of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China
has health condition studied
Back Pain
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
93
has duration
4 Weeks