Clinical Study on 30 Cases of Unsteady Lower Cervical Vertebrae Treated by Acupuncture plus Traction
- VernacularTitle:针刺配合牵引治疗下颈椎失稳症30例疗效观察
- Author:
Kaiqiang TAN
;
Chong ZHANG
;
Xiaoping WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Acupuncture;
Jiaji points;
Traction;
Unsteady lower cervical vertebrae
- From:Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
1993;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
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
