解压牵引装置治疗神经根型颈椎病临床疗效观察

Decompressive traction therapy system for patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopath

目的：观察Chattanooga解压牵引装置治疗对神经根型颈椎病患者的临床疗效。方法：将神经根型颈椎病患者83例。随机分为治疗组及对照组，治疗组42例采用Chattanooga解压牵引装置治疗，对照组41例采用常规颈椎牵引，2组牵引后均给予低频脉冲电治疗仪治疗。2组均治疗3周。采用目测类比评分法（VAS法）、田中靖久颈部神经根症治疗成绩判定基准评分（20分法），来评定疗效并进行统计学分析。结果：治疗后2组临床症状和各项指标与治疗前比较均有改善，但2组间差异有非常显著性（P〈0．01）。结论：Chattanooga解压牵引装置治疗较常规颈椎牵引治疗更能有效地提高神经根型颈椎病的治疗效果，能进一步缓解患者疼痛，促进颈椎功能恢复，值得临床推广应用。

Objective： To explore the effect of Chattanooga Decompressive traction therapy system on cervical spondylotic radiculo- path. Methods： ＂83 patients of cervical spondylotic radiculopath were divided into observation group （n = 42） and control group （n = 41 ）. Both groups received low frequency pluse treatment while the observation group was treated with decompressive traction therapy sys- tem, control group was treated with Conventional traction therapy. The effect was evaluated with Visual Analogue Scale （VAS） and Japa- nese Yasuhisa Tanakab assessment system. Results： The VAS score decreased and the Yasuhisa Tanakab assessment score increased in both groups after treatment （ P 〈 0.05 ）, and it was better in the observation group than in the control group （ P 〈 0. 01 ）. Conclusion： Decompressive traction therapy system could improve the therapeutic effect on cervical spondylotic radiculopath, it should be worthy of clin- ical application.