自动化热力学疗法可立即缓解慢性非特异性腰部疼痛:一个随机对照试验
Kyle Donnery1, Giuseppina Pilloni2, Mohamad FallahRad1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY, United States.
Frontiers in neuroergonomics
|January 26, 2026
概括
自动化热力学疗法 (ATT) 在单次治疗中显著降低了慢性非特异性腰部疼痛 (cNSLBP). 这种非药物干预提供了一种安全有效的选择,可以立即缓解疼痛并改善腰部灵活性.
科学领域:
- 疼痛管理 疼痛管理
- 康复医学 康复医学 康复医学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 慢性非特异性腰部疼痛 (cNSLBP) 是一种广泛和使人虚弱的疾病,具有重大社会经济影响.
- 对于cNSLBP,存在有限的可访问和有效的长期治疗选择.
- 自动化热力学疗法 (ATT) 是一种有前途的非药物干预,用于多式联络性疼痛缓解,提供可访问性和可负担性.
研究的目的:
- 评估ATT对cNSLBP患者的立即缓解疼痛的影响.
- 评估ATT对疼痛强度,特征,焦虑和功能移动性的影响.
- 为了确定cNSLBP管理的ATT的安全性和耐受性.
主要方法:
- 进行了一次单次,双盲,随机对照试验,40名参与者被诊断患有cNSLBP.
- 参与者被随机分配,接受40分钟的活性ATT (n=20) 或控制ATT (n=20).
- 使用视觉类比疼痛量表 (VAS-P100) 测量疼痛强度;二级结局包括腰部灵活性 (MMST).
主要成果:
- 活跃的ATT组经历了46.8%的疼痛强度显著平均减少,而对照组的疼痛强度降低了17.0% (p < 0.001).
- 接受活性ATT的参与者报告主观疼痛缓解显著增加 (p = 7.88e-05).
- 与对照组相比,在活跃的ATT组中观察到腰部弹性的显著改善 (p = 0.0031).
结论:
- 单次ATT会话可为患有cNSLBP的人提供立即和显著的疼痛缓解.
- ATT是一种安全且耐受良好的非侵入性选择,用于治疗慢性背痛.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索ATT的长期益处和潜在机制.
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