• Liu Wu, Bingyan Wan, Mali Xu, Xu Wang, Jin Li, Yang Chen, Wen Gao, Yinhao Feng, and Jian Luo.
• Department of Tuina, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Jul 31; 99 (31): e20614e20614.

BackgroundLumbar disc herniation, which affects the life quality of patients and the social security system adversely, is one of the common spinal diseases. Massage is used as an alternative therapy. Currently, there are no relevant articles for systematic review.MethodsWe will search the randomized controlled trials related to massage therapy lumbar disc herniation to January 2020. The following database is our focus area: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database, and Wan-Fang Database. All published randomized controlled trials in English or Chinese related to massage for lumbar disc herniation will be included.ResultsThe results will provide a high-quality synthesis of current evidence for researchers in this subject area.ConclusionThe conclusion of our study will provide evidence to judge whether massage is an effective intervention in patients the lumbar intervertebral disci.Prospero Registration NumberCRD42020157303.

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