Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice ›› 2024, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (7): 861-868.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2024.07.016

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Effect of sling exercise with Tuina therapy on kinesiophobia in old patients with lumbar disc herniation: a randomized controlled trial based on concept of brain-bone axis

DAN Yuqin1, SU Jianing1, DING Yi2, WANG Xueyan3, XU Danghan4, WANG Jinghua5, WU Yujing1, ZHANG Mengyuan1, YIN Meng6, LU Haifeng2, YU Gongchang6,7(), LI Li2()   

  1. 1. Rehabilitation Medical College, Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan, Shandong 250355, China
    2. the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ji'nan, Shandong 250001, China
    3. Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518033, China
    4. First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510405, China
    5. Jining Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Jining, Shandong 272100, China
    6. Shandong First Medical University Affiliated Neck, Shoulder, Lumbar and Leg Pain Hospital, Ji'nan, Shandong 250062, China
    7. Shandong Provincial Mental Health Center, Ji'nan, Shandong 250014, China
  • Received:2024-03-05 Revised:2024-05-15 Published:2024-07-25 Online:2024-08-07
  • Contact: YU Gongchang, E-mail: yugongchang@sdfmu.edu.cn; LI Li, E-mail: lily.jinan@163.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation (General)(82374556);National Key Research and Development Program Key Projects on Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine(2018YFC1706005);Shandong Traditional Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Development Project (Youth)(Q-2023067)

Abstract:

Objective To explore the effect of sling exercise with Tuina therapy on kinesiophobia in old patients with lumbar disc herniation, and analyze the mechanism based on brain-bone axis.
Methods A total of 56 old patients with chronic lumbar disc herniation and kinesiophobia were selected from the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine from September, 2022 to December, 2023; and randomly divided into control group (n = 28) and experimental group (n = 28). The control group accepted conventional exercise therapy, while the experimental group accepted sling exercise with Tuina therapy, for four weeks. They were assessed with simplified Chinese version of Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK), Japanese Orthopaedic Association score (JOA) and Visual Analogue Scale for pain (VAS) before and after treatment, while the bone mineral density (BMD) was tested, the levels of osteoprotegerin (OPG), norepinephrine (NE) and corticosteroids (Cor) in serum were measured, and the median frequency (MF) of weak-link erector spinae was detected with surface electromyography.
Results Two cases dropped off in the control group, and one in the experimental group. The scores of all the assessment improved in both groups after treatment (|t| > 14.168, P < 0.001), as well as the serum levels of OPG, NE and Cor (|t| > 2.103, P < 0.05), BMD (|t| > 2.726, P < 0.05), and MF of erector spinae (|t| > 14.736, P < 0.001); all of them were better in the experimental group than in the control group (|t| > 2.154, P < 0.05).
Conclusion Sling exercise with Tuina therapy can improve the pain and kinesiophobia of lumbar disc herniation in the old adults, which may promote the recovery of physical and mental function through regulating the levels of hormones and neurotransmitters related to the brain-bone axis.

Key words: aged, lumbar disc herniation, kinesiophobia, sling exercise with Tuina therapy, brain-bone axis, randomized controlled trial

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