The Clinical Observation Of Traction Combined Plum-Blossom Needle Treatment To Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Objective:1.To observe the clinical effect of Lumber Intervertebral disc Herniation(LIDH) treated by traction combined Plum-Blossom Needle Therepy.2To investigate the therapeutic mechanism of the therapy.3To provide the theoretical basis for LIDH treated by the therapy.Methods:According to the standards of inclusion criteria,63patients who had a diagnosis of LIDH during January,2011to January,2012were selected as research subjects in department of Orthopedics Ward1and Orthopedics Ward3in Xiamen Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. According to order were admitted to the hospital,they were divided randomly and equally into two groups as the treatment group of32cases and contrast group of31cases. Treatment group were treated by lying hard board rest, traction combined Plum-Blossom Needle Therapy while contrast group were treated by lying hard board rest and traction. Traction once per day,20minutes every time, Plum-Blossom Needle Therapy at per three days one time. The course of treatment was sixteen days. Keep observing the outcome of one course treatment. The scores of visual analog scale ang JOA scores before and after treatment were individually compared in order to observe clinical efficacy.Finally, analyze the data statistically using the statistical software SPSS16.0for windows.Results: 1.There was significant difference(P<0.05)in both groups between the scores of visual analog scale before and after treatment, and which indicated that treatments of both groups could reduce the symptoms of backache and leg pain of the LIDH patients.There was significant difference(P<0.05)in both groups between the scores of visual analog scale after treatment, the scores of treatment group was3.87while contrast group was4.63, which means that treatments of treatment group has a better effects at reducing the symptoms of backache and leg pain of the patients.2. There were significant differences (P<0.05) in both groups between the scores of symptoms and limited daily life and total scores of JOA before and after treatment,which indicated that treatment of both groups could improve clinical symptoms and daily life of the LIDH patients. There was no significant difference (P>0.05) in both groups between the scores of physical signs of JOA before and after treatment,which indicated that treatment of both groups could not improve physical signs of the LIDH patients in hospital.There was significant difference(.P<0.05) on the scores of clinical symptoms between the two groups after treatment, the scores of treatment group was1.57while contrast group was2.03, which indicated that treatments of treatment group has a better effects at improving the clinical symptoms of the patients.There was no significant difference(P>0.05) on the scores of physical signs and limited daily life and total scores between the two groups after treatment, the scores of physical signs of treatment group was0.83while contrast group was0.87, the scores of limited daily life of treatment group was3.37while contrast group was3.33, the total scores of treatment group was5.77while contrast group was6.23, which meaned that therapeutic efficacy of both groups had no significant difference, in other words,they had a equivalent therapeutic efficacy.There was no significant difference(P>0.05) on excellence ratio and total effiency ratio between the two groups, the excellence ratio of treatment group was50.00%while contrast group was40.00%, the total effiency ratio of treatment group was93.33%while contrast group was90.00%, which indicated that cure rate of both groups had no significant difference. Conclusion:1.Lying hard board rest,traction therapy had definite clinical effect in treating Lumber Intervertebral disc Herniation.2.Plum-Blossom Needle therapy could be used to improve and the symptoms of backache and leg pain and clinical symptoms of Lumbar Intervertebral disc Herniation. The therapy has auxiliary function.