刺络放血拔罐疗法治疗腰椎间盘突出症急性期的临床观察OA

Objective:To observe the clinical efficacy of pricking bloodletting and cupping therapy in the treat-ment of acute lumbar disc herniation.Methods:A total of 84 patients with acute lumbar disc herniation admitted were selected and randomly divided into the observation group and control group,with 42 cases in each group.The control group received routine western medicine treatment,while the observation group was treated with pricking bloodletting and cupping therapy on the basis of the control group.The clinical efficacy,as well as the changes in visual analogue scale(VAS)score,Japanese Orthopaedic Association(JOA)score,Oswestry Disability Index(ODI)score and serum levels of inflammatory factors before and after treatment were compared between the two groups.Results:1)The total effective rate of the observation group was 92.86%,which was higher than 80.95%of the con-trol group(P<0.05).2)The VAS scores,ODI scores and JOA scores of both groups were significantly improved af-ter treatment,and the improvement in the observation group was significantly better than that in the control group(P<0.05).3)The levels of tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α)and interleukin-6(IL-6)decreased in both groups after treatment,and the levels in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group(P<0.05).Conclusion:Compared with routine western medicine treatment,the combined therapy of pricking bloodlet-ting and cupping therapy plus routine western medicine can significantly improve the clinical efficacy for acute lumbar disc herniation,achieve more obvious pain relief,help improve lumbar motor function and reduce inflamma-tory response.