摘要
OBJECTIVE:To observe the therapeutic effect of lumbar tender point deep tissue massage plus lumbar traction on chronic non-specific low back pain using change in pressure pain threshold,muscle hardness and pain intensity as indices.METHODS:We randomly divided 64 patients into a treatment group(32 cases) and a control group(32 cases).Two drop-outs occurred in each group.Patients in the treatment group received tender point deep tissue massage plus lumbar traction and patients in the control group received lumbar traction,alone.We used a tissue hardness meter/algometer and visual analog scale(VAS) to assess the pressure pain threshold,muscle hardness and pain intensity.RESULTS:Following treatment,we obtained the following results in the treatment and control groups,respectively:the pressure pain threshold difference was 1.5±0.8 and 1.1±0.7;the muscle hardness difference was 4.2±1.6 and 3.5±1.3;and the VAS score difference was 1.9±0.9 and 1.4±0.8.Compared to the control group,the treatment group had higher pressure pain threshold(t=2.09,P<0.05),and lower muscle hardness(t=2.05,P<0.05) and pain intensity(t=2.46,P<0.05).CONCLUSION:Lumbar tender point deep tissue massage combined with lumbar traction produced better improvement in pressure pain threshold,muscle hardness and pain intensity in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain than with lumbar traction alone.
OBJECTIVE： To observe the therapeutic effect of lumbar tender point deep tissue massage plus lum- bar traction on chronic non-specific low back pain using change in pressure pain threshold, muscle hardness and pain intensity as indices. METHODS： We randomly divided 64 patients into a treatment group （32 cases） and a control group （32 cases）. Two drop-outs occurred in each group. Pa- tients in the treatment group received tender point deep tissue massage plus lumbar traction and pa- tients in the control group received lumbar trac- tion, alone. We used a tissue hardness meter/al- gometer and visual analog scale （VAS） to assess the pressure pain threshold, muscle hardness and pain intensity. RESULTS： Following treatment, we obtained the fol- lowing results in the treatment and control groups, respectively： the pressure pain threshold differencewas 1.5±0.8 and 1.1 ±0.7; the muscle hardness dif- ference was 4.2±1.6 and 3..5±1.3; and the VAS score difference was 1.9±0.9 and 1.4±0.8. Compared to the control group, the treatment group had higher pressure pain threshold （t=2.09, P〈0.05）, and lower muscle hardness （t=2.05, P〈0.05） and pain intensity （t=2.46, P〈0.05）. CONCLUSION： Lumbar tender point deep tissue massage combined with lumbar traction produced better improvement in pressure pain threshold, muscle hardness and pain intensity in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain than with lum- bar traction alone.
基金
Supported by the Olympic Games scientific research project of the General Administration of Sport of China No.2011A020
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61172007/F010810)
