Curative Effects of Remote Home Management Combined with Feng’s Spinal Manipulation on the Treatment of Elderly Patients with Lumbar Disc Herniation

Table 1

Comparison of clinical data (n = 50).

Item	Routine treatment group	Interventional group	X^2/t	P
Sex			0.367	0.545
Male/female	27/23	30/20
Body mass index (mean ± SD, kg/m^2)	22.37 ± 0.73	22.45 ± 0.69	0.563	0.575
Mean age (mean ± SD, years)	69.90 ± 4.38	69.42 ± 4.22	0.558	0.578
Mean duration of disease (mean ± SD, months)	34.94 ± 4.61	36.04 ± 5.19	1.120	0.265
Modified Japanese Orthopaedic Association (M-JOA) score before intervention (mean ± SD, points)	6.82 ± 1.56	6.36 ± 1.83	1.353	0.179
Comparison of the LDH segments			0.174	0.677
L4-5	33 (66.00)	31 (62.00)
L5-S1	17 (34.00)	19 (38.00)
Straight leg raising angle (mean ± SD, °)	53.69 ± 2.02	53.88 ± 2.30	0.439	0.662
Education level
University/college	3 (6.00)	4 (8.00)	0.154	0.695
Middle school	17 (34.00)	14 (28.00)	0.421	0.517
Primary school	30 (60.00)	32 (64.00)	0.170	0.680
Place of residence			0.170	0.680
Urban areas	32 (64.00)	30 (60.00)
Rural areas	18 (36.00)	20 (40.00)