Author(s)

Hongjun An, and Yanru Zhang

Corresponding Author

Hongjun An

Abstract

Objective: Observe the curative effect of Taijiquan exercise in conjunction with infrared diathermy on patients with chronic low back pain. Methods: Select 64 patients suffering from chronic low back pain (including 34 patients with lumbar muscle strain and 30 lumbar disc herniation patients) and they are randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, 32 patients in each group respectively. The patients in the control group do the single Taijiquan exercise, while those in the observation group are treated by the infrared diathermy therapy besides Taijiquan exercise. Examine and compare their disease in the two groups before the treatment and after 3 months’ treatment respectively. Results: After 3 months’ treatment, VAS score of the two groups is significantly improved in comparison with that before the treatment, aP<0.05; the improvement effect of the observation group is more significant. In comparison with the control group after treatment, bP<0.05. Additionally, upon evaluation and comparison of the clinical curative effect , it is found that the clinical cure rate of the patients suffering from lumbar disc herniation in the control group and the total effective rate are 6.67% and 66.67% respectively, while the clinical cure rate and the total effective rate of the patients suffering from lumbar muscle strain are 23.53% and 88.24% respectively; the clinical cure rate of the patients suffering from lumbar disc herniation in the observation group and the total effective rate are 20.00% and 80.00% respectively, while the clinical cure rate and the total effective rate of the patients suffering from lumbar muscle strain are 35.29% and 100% respectively; the clinical cure rate and total effective rate in the observation group are significantly better than those of control group. Conclusion: The simple Taijiquan exercise can significantly improve patients with chronic low back pain, but the short-term (3 months) Taijiquan exercise doesn’t show the obvious effect on the lumbar disc herniation in comparison with its effect on the patients with lumbar muscle strain; if it is supported by the infrared diathermy jointly, it can further alleviate the pain of patients and improve their lumbar function and then significantly enhance the overall efficacy.

Keywords

Taijiquan exercise, Infrared diathermy, Joint, Chronic, Back pain, Curative effect