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Massage for protrasion of the lumbar intervertebral disci: A systematic review protocol
Liu Wu1, Bingyan Wan2, Mali Xu2
1Department of Tuina, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu.
Background:
Lumbar disc herniation, which affects the life quality of patients and the social security system adversely, is one of the common spinal diseases. Massage is used as an alternative therapy. Currently, there are no relevant articles for systematic review.
Methods:
We will search the randomized controlled trials related to massage therapy lumbar disc herniation to January 2020. The following database is our focus area: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and Wan-Fang Database. All published randomized controlled trials in English or Chinese related to massage for lumbar disc herniation will be included.
Results:
The results will provide a high-quality synthesis of current evidence for researchers in this subject area.
Conclusion:
The conclusion of our study will provide evidence to judge whether massage is an effective intervention in patients the lumbar intervertebral disci.
Prospero Registration Number:
CRD42020157303.
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