A 3-Arm, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion Therapy to Determine Superior Effect among Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation
Joint Authors
Zhou, Meiqi
Chen, Mingren
Zhang, Bo
Sun, Jianhua
Chi, Zhenhai
Chen, Rixin
Xiong, Jun
Su, Tongsheng
Xie, Dingyi
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-07-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Systematic reviews of moxibustion for LDH have identified ponderable evidence, especially for heat-sensitive moxibustion (HSM).
Therefore, we designed and carried out the large sample trial to evaluate it.
456 patients were recruited from 4 centers in China and were randomly divided into three groups by the ratio of 1 : 1 : 1 to HSM (152) group, conventional moxibustion (152) group, and conventional drug plus acupuncture (152) group.
Compared with usual care, there was a statistically significant reduction in mean M-JOA score at 2 weeks and 6 months for HSM (3.8 ± 2.6 versus 8.5 ± 2.9; 3.7 ± 2.2 versus 10.1 ± 2.9) and conventional moxibustion (7.9 ± 3.0 versus 8.5 ± 2.9; 8.9 ± 3.1 versus 10.1 ± 2.9).
Compared with conventional moxibustion group, HSM group showed greater improvement in all the outcomes.
The mean dose of moxibustion was 41.13 ± 5.26 (range 21–60) minutes in the HSM group.
We found that HSM was more effective in treating patients with LDH, compared with conventional moxibustion and conventional drug plus acupuncture.
This finding indicated that the application of moxibustion on the heat-sensitive points is a good moxibustion technique in treating disease.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chen, Rixin& Chen, Mingren& Su, Tongsheng& Zhou, Meiqi& Sun, Jianhua& Xiong, Jun…[et al.]. 2014. A 3-Arm, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion Therapy to Determine Superior Effect among Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035109
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chen, Rixin…[et al.]. A 3-Arm, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion Therapy to Determine Superior Effect among Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035109
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chen, Rixin& Chen, Mingren& Su, Tongsheng& Zhou, Meiqi& Sun, Jianhua& Xiong, Jun…[et al.]. A 3-Arm, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion Therapy to Determine Superior Effect among Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1035109
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1035109