• Xi-Yun Zhao, Zhi-Peng Wang, Zhen Quan, Guo-Dong Gao, Hong-Wei Zhang, Xiao-Gang Zhang, Lin-Zhong Cao, Shuo Liu, and Jin-Feng Li.
• Clinical College of Chinese Medicine, Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
• Medicine (Baltimore). 2022 Nov 25; 101 (47): e31717e31717.

BackgroundSelf-gravitation traction is 1 of the most popular treatments for lumbar disc herniation (LDH). This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the self-gravitation traction device in the treatment of LDH and to confirm its positive treatment effect.MethodologyThis trial is designed as a pragmatic double-center, single-blind, and 3-arm (1:1:1 ratio) randomized controlled trial. The recruited patients with LDH will be randomly allocated to the intervention (traction weight is 40% or 60% of its body weight) or control (traction weight is 20% of its body weight) group. Traction will be completed within 6 consecutive weeks (3 times a week), with 10 minutes of traction for the first 3 weeks, 20 minutes of traction for the next 3 weeks. After the experiment is completed, we will establish an experiment-related database. The software of SPSS, version 21 (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL) will be used for statistical analysis, and measurement data will be expressed via mean and standard deviation (mean ± SD).DiscussionOnce the trial is completed, we will publish the study in journals in both Chinese and English to promote the dissemination and use of the results. In addition, we also plan to promote the research results at various academic conferences both domestically and internationally.Copyright © 2022 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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