Clinical observation of cobamamide combined with rehabilitation therapy on acute lumbar disc herniation

Objective: To observe the clinical effects of cobamamide combined with rehabilitation therapy in acute lumbar disc herniation for limb numbness and pain. Method: A total of 130 cases of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation were randomly divided into observation group and control group, 65 cases in each. The control group received lumbar traction and medium frequency electrotherapy, the observation group was treated by lumbar traction, medium frequency electrotherapy and cobamamide intramuscular injection treatment. After 2 courses of treatment, the effects on patients limb pain and numbness were evaluated. Result: VAS scores in observation group were lower than that in control group, the difference was significant (P 0.05). Before treatment, 86 patients had symptoms of limbs numbness; after treatment the effects of relieving numbness in observation group and control group were 88.64% and 59.52%respectively, there was significant difference (P0.05). The effective rate in observation group was 96.92%, in control group 76.92%, the difference was significant (P0.05). No one appeared adverse drug reaction of cobamamide during the treatment. Conclusion: Cobamamide combined with rehabilitation therapy is effective for relieving numbness and pain in lumbar intervertebral disc herniation patients.