Effect of Rehabilitation by Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine on Cervical Spondylotic Vertebral Arteriopathy
- VernacularTitle:椎动脉型颈椎病中西医结合疗效观察
- Author:
Qiang TANG
;
Haichun ZHOU
;
Yan WANG
;
Huayang ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis, medicine ion ducted by intermediate frequency electricity, acupuncture therapy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2007;13(6):516-517
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To observe the effect of acupuncture therapy combined with medicine ion ducted by intermediate frequency electricity on vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis.Methods60 patients with vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis were divided into the acupuncture combined with medicine ion ducted by intermediate frequency electricity group (group A) and acupuncture group (group B) with 30 cases in each group. The group A was treated by acupuncture combined with medicine ion ducted by intermediate frequency electricity and the group B was treated by acupuncture only.ResultsThe cure rate and the efficiency rate were 70% and 93% in the group A, 33.3% and 90% in thegroup B respectively. The therapeutic effect of the group A was obviously superior to that of the group B ( P<0.05).ConclusionThe treatment of acupuncture combined with medicine ion ducted by intermediate frequency electricity shows an obvious effect on vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis.