Abstract: Objective To compare the effects of fire dragon pot therapy and acupuncture on low back pain, lumbar function, self-efficacy and postpartum depression in patients with postpartum low back pain. Methods From April 2024 to September 2024, 84 postpartum patients with low back pain who met the standard of sodium discharge in Hangzhou area were recruited and divided into acupuncture group (routine acupuncture + core stability training (42 cases) and Huolongcan group (42 cases) according to random number table method. Fire dragon pot + core stability training (42 cases), the two groups each intervention 30 min, once every other day, intervention 3 times. Before and after the intervention, the visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the degree of low back pain, the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) was used to evaluate the lumbar function, the pain Self-efficacy questionnaire (PSEQ) was used to evaluate the patients' confidence in effectively coping with pain, and the Edinburgh Postpartum Depression Scale (EPDS) was used to evaluate the postpartum depression. The changes of each index before and after intervention were observed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
84
All patients were given routine health education guidance and core stability training. Acupuncture group combined with core stability training
All patients were given routine health education guidance and core stability training. Huolong Tank group adopts Huolongcan combined core stability training
Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Hangzhou, China
pain score
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Lumbar function score
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Self-efficacy score
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Postpartum depression score
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
age
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
course of disease
Refers to the total time of disease occurrence, recorded by month.
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
production mode
It refers to the method that pregnant women choose to give birth, which can be divided into normal birth, caesarean section, and one birth along two births.
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
parity
It refers to how many times a pregnant woman has been pregnant, including one, two, and three.
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
Child feeding pattern
Refers to the pregnant women choose to feed the child, including pure breast milk, pure milk powder, breast milk powder mixed feeding
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
The youngest age
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
body mass index
Time frame: baseline, pre-intervention
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