Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types

Wen-bin Fu; Zhao-hui Liang; Xiao-ping Zhu; Peng Yu; Ji-fu Zhang

doi:10.1007/s11655-009-0426-z

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Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types

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- Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 15, Issue 6, Pages: 426-430(2009)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Acupuncture and Moxibustion Department of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences,Guangzhou,China
  2. Guangdong Provincial Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences,Guangzhou,China
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by the Guangdong Administration of Science and Technology (No. 2006B50107006), and the Eleventh Five-year Scientific Supported Project by the State Ministry of Science and Technology (No. 2006BAI12B04)
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-009-0426-z
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- Published：2009，
  
  Published Online：18 January 2010，
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Fu, Wb., Liang, Zh., Zhu, Xp. et al. Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 15, 426–430 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-009-0426-z

Wen-bin Fu, Zhao-hui Liang, Xiao-ping Zhu, et al. Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 15(6):426-430(2009)
Fu, Wb., Liang, Zh., Zhu, Xp. et al. Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 15, 426–430 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-009-0426-z DOI：

Wen-bin Fu, Zhao-hui Liang, Xiao-ping Zhu, et al. Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 15(6):426-430(2009) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-009-0426-z.

摘要

To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types. One hundred and seventeen patients were randomized into the treated group: (59 cases)

treated with normal acupuncture

and the control group (58 cases)

treated with sham acupuncture

operated once every other day

9 times in total (in 18 days) as one therapeutic course

and a succeeding 3-month follow-up study was carried out after terminating the therapy. The efficacy of treatment was evaluated with the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

and the scores gained in patients with different syndrome types were analyzed with a general linear model. The NPQ and VAS: scores showed a linear decreasing tendency in both groups at the time of ending treatment and the 1st month of follow-up

but showed a secondary curve increasing tendency in the 3rd month of follow-up. Multivariate analysis showed the difference was of statistical significance (P<0.05). However

the analysis through lead-in of syndrome type as an individual influencing factor showed that syndrome type exerts a significant influence on VAS score (P<0.05)

but has insignificant influence on the NPQ score (P>0.05). Acupuncture shows: good immediate effect in treating cervical spondylosis

but its long-term effect is not satisfactory. The difference in syndrome type may have some impact on the effects of acupuncture in alleviating pain

but exerts no evident influence on the comprehensive effect.

Abstract

To observe the clinical effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types. One hundred and seventeen patients were randomized into the treated group: (59 cases)

treated with normal acupuncture

and the control group (58 cases)

treated with sham acupuncture

operated once every other day

9 times in total (in 18 days) as one therapeutic course

but showed a secondary curve increasing tendency in the 3rd month of follow-up. Multivariate analysis showed the difference was of statistical significance (P<0.05). However

the analysis through lead-in of syndrome type as an individual influencing factor showed that syndrome type exerts a significant influence on VAS score (P<0.05)

but has insignificant influence on the NPQ score (P>0.05). Acupuncture shows: good immediate effect in treating cervical spondylosis

but its long-term effect is not satisfactory. The difference in syndrome type may have some impact on the effects of acupuncture in alleviating pain

but exerts no evident influence on the comprehensive effect.

关键词

acupuncturecervical spondylosisefficacy evaluationrepeated measurement

Keywords

acupuncturecervical spondylosisefficacy evaluationrepeated measurement

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