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World J Clin Cases. May 26, 2024; 12(15): 2522-2528
Published online May 26, 2024. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v12.i15.2522
Effect of three-volt moxibustion with helium-neon laser irradiation on quality of care in patients with lumbar radiculopathy spondylosis
Xiu-Kun Ji, Jian Li
Xiu-Kun Ji, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, The Second Hospital of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150028, Heilongjiang Province, China
Jian Li, Departments of Four Neurology, The Second Hospital of Heilongjiang Province, Harbin 150028, Heilongjiang Province, China
Author contributions: Ji XK and Li J contributed equally to this work; Ji XK and Li J designed the study, conducted the experiments, analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by The Second Hospital of Heilongjiang Province Institutional Review Board.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
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Corresponding author: Jian Li, MNurs, Nurse, Departments of Four Neurology, The Second Hospital of Heilongjiang Province, No. 209 Jiangdu Street, Songbei District, Harbin 150028, Heilongjiang Province, China. man55184141700730@163.com
Received: February 20, 2024
Revised: March 14, 2024
Accepted: April 7, 2024
Published online: May 26, 2024
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Abstract
BACKGROUND

Lumbar radiculopathy spondylosis is a relatively common orthopedic disease with a high incidence rate. It most commonly occurs in the lumbar 4-5 and lumbar 5-sacral 1 vertebrae, which account for approximately 95% of cases. It mostly occurs in people aged 30-50 years old and greatly affects their quality of life.

AIM

To determine the effect of triple-voltage acupuncture combined with helium-neon laser irradiation on the quality of care and improvement of symptoms in patients with lumbar radiculopathy spondylolisthesis.

METHODS

In this study, we selected 120 patients with lumbar radiculopathy spondylosis who were treated at our hospital between June 2019 to June 2020. The patients were divided into control and observation groups according to the random number table method, with 60 patients in each group. Patients in the observation group were treated with three-volt moxibustion combined with helium-neon laser irradiation, and those in the control group were treated with lumbar traction. After 1 month of treatment, the lumbar pain scores, lumbar spine motor functions, clinical treatment effects, and nursing satisfaction of the two groups were compared.

RESULTS

The results showed that acupuncture combined with laser irradiation significantly improved the patients' clinical symptoms, i.e., reduced their low back pain, significantly lower numerical rating scale pain scores in the observation group than in the control group, and better lumbar spine motility than in the control group, compared to lumbar traction. In addition, they were cared for. The treatment effectiveness rate of the observation group was 95.5%, which was significantly higher than that of the control group (81.67%). Satisfaction with care was higher than 90 points in both groups, but the difference was not statistically significant.

CONCLUSION

Our study provides a clinical rationale for the future treatment of patients with lumbar spine disease. However, further extensive research is needed for validation.

Keywords: Moxibustion, Laser irradiation, Clinical rationale, Lumbar spine, Three-volt moxibustion

Core tip: This study investigated the effects of three-volt moxibustion combined with helium-neon laser irradiation on the quality of care and symptom improvement in patients with lumbar radiculopathy-type cervical spondylosis. The results showed that this therapy can effectively improve the quality of care and significantly relieve patients' symptoms, providing a new effective means for the treatment of cervical spondylosis.