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Study on the Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Massage Combined with Sports Acupuncture on Characteristic Nursing of Iumbar Disc Herniation

QU Shi-chun   

  1. Department of acupuncture and moxibustion and Massage, Heze Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Heze Shandong, 274200, China
  • Online:2025-06-01 Published:2025-09-23

Abstract: Objective To explore the effect of traditional Chinese medicine massage combined with sports acupuncture in patients with lumbar disc herniation. Methods Patients with lumbar disc herniation who went to the acupuncture and Massage Department of Heze Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine from June 2022 to July 2024 were selected and divided into the control group (n=36) by random number table method to implement routine nursing mode, and the observation group (n=36) to implement traditional Chinese massage combined with sports acupuncture characteristic nursing mode. The straight leg raise height, dysfunction, functional status and clinical efficacy of the two groups were compared. Results Before intervention, there was no significant difference between the two groups in straight leg lift height and Oswestry disability index(ODI) score (P>0.05). After intervention, the straight leg lifting height of both groups was higher than before intervention, and the observation group was higher than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). After intervention, the ODI scores of both groups were lower than before intervention, and the observation group was lower than the control group, with statistical significance (P<0.05). Before intervention, there was no significant difference in the Japanese Orthopaedie Association(JOA) between the two groups (P>0.05). After intervention, JOA scores of both groups were higher than before intervention, and the observation group was higher than the control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The total effective rate of the observation group was higher than control group, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). Conclusion Compared with conventional nursing and traditional Chinese massage combined with sports acupuncture characteristic nursing for patients with lumbar disc herniation, traditional Chinese massage combined with sports acupuncture characteristic nursing can effectively lift the height of the patients' straight legs, reduce the dysfunction, adjust the functional state and improve the clinical efficiency.

Key words: lumbar disc herniation, TCM massage, sports needling, straight leg elevation angle, clinical effect

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