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Clinical effects of electrical stimulation therapy on lumbar disc herniation-induced sciatica and its influence on
Lulu Wang1, Weiqiang Fan, Caihong Yu
1Department of Spine Surgery, Shengli Oilfield Central Hospital, Dongying, Shandong, PR China.
Objective:
To study the clinical effects of electrical stimulation therapy on lumbar disc herniation-induced sciatica and its influence on peripheral reactive oxygen species (ROS) level.
Methods:
100 patients with lumbar disc herniation-induced sciatica were selected, and were randomly divided into the control and research group. The control group was treated with traction and other basic therapies, while the research group was treated with electrical stimulation. The pain degrees, peripheral ROS levels and clinical effects prior to treatment and at 4 weeks after treatment were examined.
Results:
The total cure-remarkable-effectiveness rate of patients in research group was higher than that in control group (p<0.05). Before treatment, the pain rating index (PRI), present pain intensity (PPI) and visual analogue scale (VAS) score had no statistically significant differences between the two groups. After treatment, PRI, PPI and VAS scores in the two groups were lower than those prior to treatment; these indexes in research group were lower than those in control group, and the differences were statistically significant (p<0.05). After treatment, the peripheral ROS levels in the two groups were lower than those before treatment; it was lower in research group than that in control group (p<0.05).
Conclusion:
Electrical stimulation has a significant effect in the treatment of lumbar disc herniation-induced sciatica, which can effectively reduce the pain, alleviate the clinical symptoms and signs of patients, regulate the peripheral ROS level, and prevent the oxidative damage of myocardial tissues.
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