Clinical Observation On Acupuncture With Acupoint Sticking For The Treatment For The Lumbago Patients

ObjectivesTo assess therapeutic effect on acupuncture with acupoint sticking for the treatment of the lumbago patientsMethodsA total of 60 patients were diagnosed with lumbago according to the diagnostic standards stated in Nation's Diagnostic Standards, in combination with the patients'medical history, clinical symptoms and medical images. They underwent group-stratified randomization, which broke them down into treatment and controlled groups. The treatment group which totaled 30 patients were treated on acupuncture with acupoint sticking. The controlled group, which also totaled 30 patients, were treated equally but only on acupuncture. The two groups had treatment once every other day. A period of treatment was six times and both treated two periods.During the course of the treatment, the patients'clinical symptoms and change in range of motion were observed, according to the Nation's Diagnostic Standards. The JOA Pain Questionnaire was used in this study to assess quantitative measures of clinical pain before and after acupuncture treatment.ResultAfter two courses of treatment, (1) The total effect of two groups was both improved. The difference between two groups was no significant (P>0.05). The treatment group had a total effective rate of 60% and a improved rate of 86.7%, and surpassed the controlled group. (2) The scores of the JOA Pain Questionnaire's each item of index were very significant between two groups (P<0.01). (3) The scores of VAS of the two groups were no significant.Conclusion1. The two treat groups also can alleviate the total effect of lumbago patients, but healing rate and improvement rate of the treatment group surpass the controlled group.2. The two treat groups also can alleviate the pain of lumbago patients, but the treatment group surpass the controlled group.