TAN Kai-qiang1, ZHANG Chong2, WANG Xiao-ping2. Clinical Study on 30 Cases of Unsteady Lower Cervical Vertebrae Treated by Acupuncture plus Traction[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2008, (6): 523-525.
TAN Kai-qiang1, ZHANG Chong2, WANG Xiao-ping2. Clinical Study on 30 Cases of Unsteady Lower Cervical Vertebrae Treated by Acupuncture plus Traction[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine2008, (6): 523-525.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2008.06.016.
Objective To study the effect of acupuncturing at Jiaji points plus cervical traction in treating unsteady lower cervical vertebrae.Methods The 90 outpatients willing to accept our treatment were randomized into 3 groups with 30 in each.Acupuncture group:acupuncture at the cervical Jiaji points.Traction group:traction at the cervical vertebrae.Acupuncture + traction group:acupuncture at the cervical Jiaji points plus cervical traction.Total effect
symptom scoring and X-ray examination were evaluated after 3 course of treatment.Results The total effective rate of acupuncture group
traction group and acupuncture + traction group was 47.67%
73.33% and 90.00% respectively.In total effect
symptoms of unsteady lower cervical vertebrae and the changes of X-ray examination
acupuncture + traction group was better than that of acupuncture group(P<0.01).Conclusion Acupuncture plus traction is effective in treating the unsteady lower cervical vertebrae.