Efficacy Analysis of the Reinforcing and Circulation-Promoting Protocol of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Treatment of Twenty-Four Patients with Refractory Chronic Low Back Pain

Table 2

Basic data of diseases in 24 patients.

Name of syndrome in		N (%)	Duration of low back pain (month)		Diagnosis in Western medicine	N (%)
Low back pain	N (Missing)	24 (0)	N (Missing)	24 (0)	N (Missing)	24 (0)
	No	2 (8.33)	Mean (SD)	71.26 (105.42)	Nonspecific low back pain	0 (0.00)
	Yes	22 (91.67)	Median (Q3-Q1)	24.00 (91.50)	Soft tissue lesion	1 (4.17)
Pain in lower extremities	N (Missing)	24 (0)	Q1, Q3	(10.50, 102.00)	Lumbar intervertebral disc disease	17 (70.83)
	No	14 (58.33)	(Min, Max)	(0.31, 480.00)	Vertebral column disease	4 (16.67)
	Yes	10 (41.67)			others	2 (8.33)
Pain in gluteal, sacrum or hip	N (Missing)	24 (0)
	No	23 (95.83)
	Yes	1 (4.17)
Back pain	N (Missing)	24 (0)
	No	24 (100.00)
	Yes	0 (0.00)