Clinical Application of Manipulations in Treating Cervical Vertigo and Status of Research on Its Therapeutic Mechanism in the Recent 30 Years:A Bibliometric Analysis
10.13359/j.cnki.gzxbtcm.2025.04.036
- VernacularTitle:近30年手法治疗颈性眩晕的临床应用及其疗效机制研究概况的文献计量学分析
- Author:
Chuanjiang ZHENG
1
;
Shunwan JIANG
;
Pan LEI
;
Shaoqun ZHANG
Author Information
1. 广州中医药大学,广东 广州 510006
- Keywords:
cervical vertigo;
manipulations;
tuina;
clinical research;
basic research;
bibliometrics
- From:
Journal of Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;42(4):1036-1040
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the clinical application of manipulations in treating cervical vertigo and the status of research on its therapeutic mechanism with bibliometric methods.Methods Using"cervical vertigo","cervicogenic dizziness","manipulations"and"tuina"as the key words,the literatures on clinical application of manipulations in treating cervical vertigo and its therapeutic mechanism were retrieved from the databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),China Science and Technology Journal Database(VIP)and Wanfang Data Knowledge Service Platform,and the retrieval time was set from the establishment of each database to December 31,2023.The relevant literature obtained from the databases was screened,classified and summarized,and then statistical analysis was performed in terms of the chronological distribution,literature types and research types,therapies,and characteristics of the basic researches of the included literature.Results A total of 1 412 articles about manipulations in treating cervical vertigo and with postive outcomes have been issued in China in the recent 30 years.The quantity of literature showed an overall increasing trend before 2013,and then gradually decreased after 2013.Of the 1412 articles,1 231(87.18％)were issued by the journals,1 202(85.13％)articles were about clinical research,while only 48(3.40％)articles were about basic research.Of the 1 202 articles about clinical research,only 357 articles mentioned the name of manipulations in details definitely,which accounted for 155 types in a variety of types or names.Of the 1 202 articles about clinical research,34.44％of them were about therapy of manipulations alone for the treatment cervical vertigo,and the other clinical research were all about combined therapies,the combined therapy of manipulations plus acupuncture-moxibustion/electro-acupuncture being the most common(25.37％).Of the 48 articles about basic research,research on biomechanics was most commonly seen(38 articles,79.17％).Conclusion Manipulation therapy has been widely used for the treatment of cervical vertigo in the recent 30 years.At present,the quality of clinical research on the treatment of cervical vertigo by manipulation therapy is not high,the manipulation techniques were in a wide variety,and the research lacks of objective criterions.The research direction for basic studies is single,and breakthroughs are needed in the quality and quantity of basic research.In the future research,the naming of manipulations for cervical vertigo should be considered,and the explicit naming principles and criterions should be established;the quality level of clinical studies should be improved and the basic research should be emphasized,so as to provide more reliable theoretical and experimental evidences for manipulations in treating cervical vertigo,and promote its clinical application.
