火龙罐配合中药熏蒸治疗老年腰椎间盘突出症的临床疗效及对患者活动能力的影响

Key Points

• This study investigates the clinical efficacy of fire dragon can combined with herbal vapor treatment for elderly patients with lumbar disc herniation.
• 86 elderly patients were randomly assigned to an observation group (43) or control group (43).
• The control group received conventional Western medical treatment.
• The observation group received treatment with fire dragon can and herbal vapor.
• The total effective rate for the observation group was 93.02%, significantly higher than 74.42% in the control group.
• Post-treatment, the observation group had lower VAS scores compared to the control group (P < 0.05).
• ODI scores were lower and SF-36 scores were higher in the observation group, indicating improved quality of life.