CLINICAL OBSERVATION ON TREATMENT OF NERVE-ROOT TYPE CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS WITH ACUPUNCTURE, TRACTION PLUS SELF-EXERCISE OF QIGONG

摘要

Purpose: To observe the therapeutic effect of acupuncture combined with traction and Qigong exercise for treatment of nerve-root type cervical spondylosis. Methods: A total of 130 nerve-root type cervical spondylosis patients were randomly divided into acupuncture + traction + Qigong-exercise (ATQE) group (n= 59), acupuncture +Qigong-exercise (AQE) group (n= 40) and traction + Qigong-exercise (TQE) group (n = 31 ). Main acupoints used were Fengchi (GB 20) and cervical Jiaji (EX-B 2) on the affected side. Results: After one month's treatment, in ATQE, AQE and TQE groups, 43 (72.88%), 18 (45.00%) and 12 (45. 16%) had remarkable amelioration, 14(23.72%), 14 (35.00%) and 10 (32.26%) were effective, and 2 (3.39%), 8 (20.00%) and 7 (22.58%) had no apparent changes with the total effective rates being 96.61%, 80.00 % and 77.41% respectively. The therapeutic effect of ATQE group was significantly superior to that of AQE and TQE groups (P＜ 0.01 ).