Noninvasive optical diagnosis of low back pain with the aid of Chinese cupping procedure

Nanxi Li; Ting Li

doi:10.1117/12.2287070

20 February 2018 Noninvasive optical diagnosis of low back pain with the aid of Chinese cupping procedure

Nanxi Li, Ting Li

Proceedings Volume 10501, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XVIII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics; 105010N (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287070
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2018, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Low back pain (LBP) is a complex disease that can be cause by a variety of reasons. Now LBP has become a very common and severe disease among kinds of occupational groups with showing a younger trend. The traditional diagnosis relies on complicated imaging modalities and other dangerous and invasive methods. Noninvasive near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is noninvasive and convenient, and has been successful used in point-of-care diagnosis. Here, we attempt to explore NIRS’s application in in low back pain diagnosis and the effect of aid-use of Chinese cupping procedure. 13 LBP patients and 13 healthy subjects participated in NIRS measurements of concentrations of oxy- and deoxy-hemoglobins (∆[HbO₂] and ∆[Hb]) at the middle of the lumbar spine. It was showed that there was significant differences (p < 0.001) between healthy subjects and LBP patients after cupping procedure, while insignificant before cupping. Moreover, it was found that healthy subjects showed stronger responses to cupping procedure than LBP patients, with prominently higher concentration of ∆[HbO₂] and ∆[Hb]. It indicates the potential of NIRS in noninvasive, measurable and straightforward monitoring/therapeutic effect evaluation of LBP with bedside and point-of-care monitoring capability.

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Nanxi Li and Ting Li "Noninvasive optical diagnosis of low back pain with the aid of Chinese cupping procedure", Proc. SPIE 10501, Optical Diagnostics and Sensing XVIII: Toward Point-of-Care Diagnostics, 105010N (20 February 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2287070

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