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Efficacy of Tuina in patients with chronic low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of tuina and physiotherapy to manage pain for patients with chronic low back pain: a pragmatic randomized clinical trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Trial
- Effects of Traditional Chinese Exercise Yijinjing on Disability and Muscle Strength Among Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- A bibliometric analysis of the development trend of Tuina research: Based on the Web of Science (WOS) platform.Medicine · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Tuina Combined with Medicated Oil in Non-Specific Low Back Pain Treatment: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Chinese Tuina remodels the synaptic structure in neuropathic pain rats by downregulating the expression of N-methyl D-aspartate receptor subtype 2B and postsynaptic density protein-95 in the spinal cord dorsal horn.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2023Article
- Analysis of biomechanical characterization of the thumb rubbing method.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2023Article
- Pediatric Tuina in children with autism spectrum disorder: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Trials · 2022Article
- The effect and mechanism of traditional Chinese exercise for chronic low back pain in middle-aged and elderly patients: A systematic review.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Review
- Effects of Wuqinxi in the Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundLow back pain is a common reason for medical care and carries a heavy social burden. The efficacy of Tuina or health care education for low back pain has been evaluated in previous systematic reviews. However, there is no evidence to support the superiority of one form of treatment over another. The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of Tuina with health care education in the management of low back pain. METHODS/
designThis study is a randomized controlled trial with parallel-group design including two groups: a Tuina group and a health care education group. A total of 160 eligible participants will be randomly assigned to the groups in a 1:1 ratio. The interventions of both groups will last for 20 min and be carried out twice each week for a period of 12 weeks. The primary outcome is the Oswestry Disability Index. The secondary outcomes include a visual analogue scale and the 36-item Short Form Health Survey. They will be assessed at baseline, at the end of the intervention every month, and during 6 months and 9 months of follow-up by repeated measures analysis of variance. The significance level is 5%. The safety of Tuina and health care education will be evaluated after each treatment session. This study will focus on the value of Tuina and health care education for low back pain and will highlight any differences in the efficacy of the treatments. DISCUSSION: This study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of Tuina intervention for low back pain, which could provide reliable evidence for clinical decision making for patients with low back pain.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trial Registry, ChiCTR1900022656. Registered on 23 April 2019.
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