Comparison of the short-term efficacy of inner heating dry needle and lumbar tractionin in treating lumbar disc herniation
Abstract：Objective To investigate the efficacy of inner heating dry needle in treating lumbar disc herniation. Methods Sixty patients with lumbar disc herniation who were admitted to the rehabilitation center ward of the Chinese PLA General Hospital from May 2015 to November 2015 were randomly divided into a control group (30 patients) and an experimental group (30 patients). Patients in the control group were treated with lumbar traction therapy, and patients in the experimental group were treated with an inner heating dry needle. The VAS,SF-36 score and PPT results were evaluated and compared, respectively, at day 0 (before treatment) and at seven days,one month and three months after treatment. Results The VAS,SF-36 score and PPT results of patients were similar between the control and experimental groups on day 0 (before treatment) and seven days after treatment; the differences were not significant (P>0.05). However,the VAS score of the experimental group was significantly lower than that of the control group at one and three months after treatment; the PPT results and SF-36 scores were significantly increased ,and the differences between the two groups were significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Both inner heating dry needle and lumbar traction have curative effects for treating lumbar disc herniation. The difference between two treatment methods is not significant at seven days after treatment. However, the efficacy of inner heating dry needle treatment is superior to lumbar traction treatment at one month and three months after treatment, and the results are stable.
Keywords：Internal heating dry needleLumbar disc herniationLumbar traction
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 122-124 )