Effect of Baduanjin Combined with a Cold-dispelling and Yang-reinforcing Foot Bath Prescription on the Low back Pain and the Muscle Strength of the Lower Limbs in Osteoporosis Patients

Abstract

Objective：To explore the efficacy of treatment via Baduanjin combined with a cold-dispelling and Yang-reinforcing foot bath prescription in patients with osteoporosis, and the effect on the low back pain and the muscle strength of the lower limbs. Methods：A total of 138 patients with osteoporosis in our hospital from Jan. 2018 to Jun. 2020 were divided into control groups and study groups by using the random number table method. With the basic conventional therapy of the both groups, the control group was treated with a Cold-dispelling and Yang-reinforcing foot bath prescription, and the study group was treated with Baduanjin exercises combined with the Cold-dispelling and Yang-reinforcing foot bath prescription. The clinical symptoms, visual analgesia score (VAS), bone density, muscle strength of the lower limbs before and after treatment, and the adverse reactions were compared between the both groups. Results：The clinical symptoms and VAS score of both groups after treatment were obviously decreased in comparison with those before treatment, and those in the study group were obviously decreased in comparison with those in the control group; The bone density of the lumbar spine L₂-₄ and femoral neck, and the slow-speed and medium-speed muscle strength of  the extensors, and flexors of both groups after treatment were obviously increased in comparison with those before treatment, and those in the study group was obviously increased in comparison with those in the control group; There was no significant difference in the incidence rate of adverse reactions between the both groups. Conclusion: The efficacy of Baduanjin combined with a cold-dispelling and Yang-reinforcing foot bath prescription in the treatment of patients with osteoporosis is significant, and it can alleviate the clinical symptoms and relieve the low back pain of the patients, which improves the bone density and muscle strength of the lower limbs.