Effect evaluation of acupuncture combined with nerve block treatment on patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis.

Yong Wang, Shuai Dai, Aimin Yang

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Article in International journal of burns and trauma, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yong WangDepartment of Outpatient, Shanghai Fullway Healthcare Shanghai City, China.

Shuai DaiDepartment of Pain Clinic, Shanghai Quyang Hospital Shanghai City, China.

Aimin YangDepartment of Pain Clinic, Shanghai Punan Hospital Shanghai City, China.

General Electric (Spain) · ESPunan Hospital · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore the clinical effect of acupuncture combined with nerve block treatment on Grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis.

methodsSeventy patients with Grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis were randomly divided into a control group (n=70) treated with merely nerve block and an observation group (n=70) treated with acupuncture based on the nerve block treatment in the control group. The clinical efficacy rate, pain severity evaluated by VAS (on the 3

resultsThe overall efficacy rate (94.29% vs 77.14%, P=0.036) and SF-36 score of the observation group were higher than those of the control group (both P<0.05). The VAS and ODI scores of the two groups after treatment were decreased and the observation group had lower scores (all P<0.05).

conclusionAcupuncture combined with nerve block can improve the efficacy rate of treatment of Grade I lumbar spondylolisthesis, relieve the pain of patients, restore their spinal functions and improve their quality of life, which is worthy of clinical promotion.

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acupuncture therapyclinical effectGrade I lumbar spondylolisthesisnerve blockpain treatment

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