隔日刺治疗神经根型颈椎病临床观察

Clinical Observation on Alternate Days Acupuncture in the Treatment of Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy

目的观察隔日刺治疗神经根型颈椎病的临床疗效。方法将符合纳入标准的60例神经根型颈椎病患者,随机分为治疗1组和治疗2组,每组30例,治疗1组每日针刺1次,治疗2组隔日针刺1次。观察2组治疗前后VAS评分、NDI评分变化情况,并比较2组临床疗效。结果治疗1组总有效率为93.3%,治疗2组总有效率为96.7%,治疗2组高于治疗1组,但差异无统计学意义,P>0.05。2组治疗后VAS评分、NDI评分与治疗前比较,差异均有统计学意义,P<0.01。2组治疗后VAS评分、NDI评分比较,差异无统计学意义,P>0.05。结论每日针刺与隔日针刺治疗神经根型颈椎病患者均有较好的临床疗效,并且疗效相当。

Objective To observe the treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy with acupuncture every other day.Methods 60 patients with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy were randomly divided into treatment group one and treatment group two,with 30 cases in each group.Acupuncture once a day in treatment group one,and acupuncture once every other day in treatment group two.The changes of VAS and NDI scores before and after treatment were observed,and the clinical effects were compared between the two groups.Results The effective rate of treatment group one was 93.3%,and that of treatment group two was 96.7%.The effective rate of treatment group two was higher than that of treatment group one,but there was no significant difference(P>0.05).VAS score and NDI score after treatment were compared with those before treatment,and the differences were statistically significant(P<0.01).There was no significant difference in VAS and NDI scores between the two groups(P>0.05).Conclusion Both daily acupuncture and alternate day acupuncture have good clinical effect in the treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy.