Case-control study on suspine rotation manipulation for the treatment of lumbar disc herniation / 中国骨伤

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To compare therapeutic effects between suspine rotation and flexion manipulation for treating lumbar disc herniation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From December 2008 to January 2011, 134 patients with lumbar disc herniation were treated, including 74 males and 60 females,ranging in age from 17 to 67 years,33 patients with age over 50 years old. According to diagnosis the ladder of the 9 cases bulging type, 74 hernia type, 51 cases free type. The patients were randomly divided into treatment group ( 69 cases) and control group (65 cases). All the patients were treated with the three-dimensional computer-controlled traction therapeutic apparatus,with continued traction for 20 minutes. After traction, flexion manipulation and rotat-ing manipulation were respectively adopted in treatment group and control group (on alternate days one time, 3 times as a course of treatment). The symptoms and signs (including back pain and discomfort, lower limb pain and numbness, powerless urination and defecation,numbness in perineum, straight-leg raising degree,ability of lower extremity walking,work and live) of patients were observed after treatment.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>All patients were followed up for 0.5 to 6 months with an average of 1.1 months. After treatment, the symptoms and signs of patients have significantly improved (P < 0.01), but the symptomes of powerless urination and defecation,numbness in perineum was not improved obviously (P>0.05). Forty-two of 69 patients in treatment group got excellent result, moderate in 20, poor in 7; Twenty of 65 patients in control group got excellent result, moderate in 25,poor in 20.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The whole effect of lumbar backwards rotation manipulation is more satisfactory than flexsion manipulation for treating lumbar intervertebral disc herniation. But spinning force and times should be noticed.</p>

Clinical observation of frog shape four-step pulling method for the treatment of 92 patients with sacroiliac joint subluxation / 中国骨伤

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the clinical efficacy of the frog shape four-step pulling method for the treatment of sacroiliac joint subluxation, and to explore the rationality of the method.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Among 92 patients diagnosed as sacroiliac joint subluxation, 19 patients were male and 73 patients were female,ranging in age from 14 to 61 years, with an average of 38.7 years. The course of disease ranged from 1 month to 96 months,with an average of 18.4 months. All the patients were treated with the frog shape four-step pulling method. The therapeutic effects were observed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The treatment times ranged from 1 to 10 (averaged 4.3 times). According to evaluation standard of sacroiliac joint subluxation, 71 patients got an excellent result, 19 good, 1 fair and 1 bad.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The frog shape four-step pulling method had many advantages such as simplicity of operation, targeted, high rate of success, not easy rebound and less pain for patients and so on.</p>