Spondylolisthesis is the slipping forward of one vertebra upon another. Symptoms and signs can include lordosis,lower back pain,muscle tightness, stiffness and tenderness in the slipped area.Pressure on nerve roots may cause changes in sensation and radiating pain down the legs.In very severe cases, the slipping vertebra can be surgically fused.In order to avoid the operative risk and surgical trauma,conservative treatments are first adopted.Lin's manipulation massage therapy is effective in spondylolisthesis treatment. The characteristics of the method are direct,fast,economic,convenient, secure and reliable.The aim of this study is to discuss the safety degree and effectiveness of Lin's manipulation massage therapy in spondylolisthesis treatment and to standardize the operation technique.It was done by comparing the clinical outcome of spondylolisthesis patients received traditional massage therapy and Lin's manipulation massage therapy.MethodRandomized control trial was carried out in the study.Seventy spondyloli sthesis patients who fit in the inclusion criteria were randomly separate d into treatment group and control group.Patients in treatment group rec eived Lin's manipulation massage therapy.Patients in control group recei ved traditional massage therapy.The course of treatment was four weeks, three times a week.Japan Orthopedics Association Scores(JOA)and visua l analogue scale(VAS)were used to evaluate the clinical outcomes of pat ients received different massage therapy.Result In treatment group,twenty three patients recovered,eight patients had m arked improvement,three patients had effective change,and one patient h ad no effect.In control group,fourteen patients recovered,five patient s had marked improvement,eleven patients had effect change and five pati ents had no effect.The effective rate of treatment group is 97.1%and c ontrol group is 85.7%,statistically significant(P<0.05).For gradeâ… sp ondylolisthesis patients,in treatment group,seventeen patients recovere d,six patients had marked improvement,and one patient hadeffective chan ge.In control group,ten patients recovered,two patients had marked imp rovement and eight patients had effective change.The effective rate of t reatment group is 100%and control group is 95.2%.The comparison of tw o study groups was statistically significant(P<0.05).For gradeâ…¡spondy lolisthesis patients,in treatment group,six patients recovered,two pat ients had marked improvement,and two patients had effective change.In c ontrol group,four patients recovered,three patients had marked improvem ent and three patients had effective change.The effective rate of treatm ent group is 90.9%and control group is 71.4%.The comparison of two st udy groups was statistically insignificant(P>0.05).ConclusionIn spondylolisthesis treatment,the Lin's manipulation massage therapy brought better curative efficacy than the traditional massage therapy. |