A 3-Arm, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion Therapy to Determine Superior Effect among Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of participants.
Items
Heat-sensitive moxibustion
Conventional moxibustion
Conventional drug plus acupuncture
group
group
group
Age, mean (SD), years
45.5 (10.6)
47.3 (11.2)
46.6 (10.5)
Age, min~max, years
18~59
20~58
18~59
Age, >60 y, (%)
9 (5.92)
10 (6.6)
9 (5.92)
Sex (%)
Female
78 (51.3)
80 (52.6)
81 (53.3)
Male
74 (48.7)
72 (47.4)
71 (46.7)
Duration of pain (%)
<1 m
32 (21.1)
30 (19.7)
30 (19.7)
2~6 m
40 (26.3)
42 (27.6)
43 (28.2)
7~12 m
40 (26.3)
33 (21.7)
31 (20.3)
1~5 y
33 (21.7)
38 (25.1)
40 (26.3)
>5 y
7 (4.6)
9 (5.9)
8 (5.2)
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m′
22.2 (3.3)
22.4 (3.1)
21.1 (4.0)
BMI, min~max, kg/m′
14.3~30.1
16.2~29.2
13.1~28.9
M-JOA score (%)
Severe
115 (75.6)
113 (73.4)
119 (78.3)
Moderate
37 (24.4)
39 (25.6)
33 (21.7)
M-JOA score, mean (SD)
18.6 (3.8)
17.5 (3.3)
17.2 (4.4)
BMI, Body Mass Index; M-JOA, Improvement Japanese Orthopedic Association (M-JOA) Lumbago Score Scale; SD, standard deviation; LDH, lumbar disc herniation.