国内外针灸治疗颈椎病颈痛临床研究概况

Research Review in Acupuncture and Moxibustion Treatment for Cervical Spondylosis in China and Abroad

颈椎病(cervicalspondylosis,CS)是现代社会的常见及高发疾病之一,主要以患者颈肩部疼痛、上肢疼痛、麻木为主要表现的综合症状。国外通常将这一类综合症状统称为neckpain(颈痛),而在我国则属于颈型和神经根型颈椎病的范畴。颈椎病的治疗方法多种多样,现代医学对于颈椎病引起的颈痛主要采用口服消炎镇痛药物及物理疗法,虽然疗效较好,但该类药物的副作用大,禁忌症多。大量的临床试验证明针灸治疗颈椎病颈痛有其独到的疗效,是治疗颈椎病最常用也是相对安全的治疗方法。针灸治疗颈椎病颈痛的临床疗效已得到国内外的广泛认可。该文对近6年来国内外针灸治疗颈椎病颈痛的临床研究概况进行了述评。

Cervical spondylosis is one of the common and high incidence diseases in modern society,mainly in patients with neck and shoulder pain,upper limb pain, numbness as the main manifestation of the syndrome. Foreign often called this syndrome as neck pain,and in our country belong to the neck type cervical sondylosis and cervical spondylosis radiculopathy. The treatment of cervical spondylosis methods are varied,modern medicine for the treatment of cervical spondylosis mainly use oral anti-inflammatory analgesic drugs and physical therapy.Although the curative effect of this drugs is good,but there are many side effect and contraindication of it.Currently,a large number of clinical trials show that acupuncture-moxibustion treatment of cervical spondylosis has its unique effect,acupuncture is the most commonly used and relatively safe treatment for cervical spondylosis.Clinical effectiveness of acupuncture-moxibustion treatment for cervical spondylosis has been widely recognized at home and abroad. This paper focuses on the clinical research status of acupuncturemoxibustion treatment for cervical spondylosis in China and abroad in recent 6 years.