Effect of Thunder-Fire Moxibustion for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- umbar Disc Herniation
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2000003609
- Lead Sponsor
- anling Hospital of traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Participants will be enrolled with the following criteria in this study:
(1) The age of the patients ranges from 25 to 80 years old.
(2) It meets the diagnostic criteria of LDH in criteria of diagnosis and therapeutic effect of diseases and syndromes in traditional Chinese medicine and evidence-based clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of LDH with radiculopathy.
(3) The clinical manifestations and imaging findings of the patients should be consistent with lumbar disc herniation. (4) The subjects must achieve informed consent and sign the informed consent.
(1) Severe heart, brain, liver, and hematopoietic system diseases, or other serious diseases that affect their survival.
(2) Patients with known hepatic and renal insufficiency or cirrhosis.
(3) Patients with high fever and infectious diseases.
(4) Pregnant or lactating women.
(5) Mental patients or other actions can not cooperate with the treatment.
(6) All patients with treatment allergies or suspected allergies involve in this trial.
(7) The patients with severe LDH who needs surgical treatment.
(8) Patients who have been participating in another clinical study more than 3 months before admission.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scores;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Visual analogue scale (VAS);Oswestry disability index (ODI);