Acupuncture-based treatments on cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type

Cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type is one of the chief patterns of cervical spondylosis.It is often described as neck pain accompanied with radiating pain and neurologic symptoms,such as sudden dizziness,blurred vision,tinnitus,nausea,vomiting,memory loss,and sudden fainting.The incidence of cervical spondylosis increases and patients with cervical spondylosis become progressively younger.Acupuncture in the cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type treatment has a local positive reaction“Liuhe point”,in order to dredge the local Qi and blood.More and more evidences into the effectiveness and safety of cervical spine acupuncture for cervical spondylosis,specific neck pain,cervical radiculopathy,etc.This article summarizes the recent literature on acupuncture and acupuncture combined with other therapies for cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type treatment and provides a comprehensive review from the perspectives of acupuncture therapy,warm needle moxibustion therapy,electroacupuncture,and acupuncture combined with other therapies,in order to provide reference and reference for clinical treatment.

Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture Combined with Massage on Cervical Spondylopathy of Vertebral Artery Type and Its Effect on Hemodynamics of Patients

Objective:To investigate the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with massage on cervical spondylopathy of vertebral artery type and its effect on hemodynamics of patients.Methods:Sixty patients with vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis treated in our hospital from July 2017 to October 2019 were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into 2 groups of 30 cases each.The control group was treated with acupuncture,and the observation group was treated with acupuncture combined with massage,and the clinical efficacy and hemodynamic index of the two groups were compared after 1 month of treatment[peak systolic blood velocity(PSV),pulsatile index(PI),time mean flow velocity(TMFV)].Results:There was no statistical difference in the PSV,PI,and TMFV between the two groups before treatment(P>0.05).After treatment,the observation group had a higher treatment efficacy than the control group with PSV and TMFV increasing and PI decreasing in both groups,and the change in the observation group was greater than that in the control group,and the difference was statistically significant(P<0.05).Conclusion:Acupuncture combined with massage on cervical spondylopathy of vertebral artery type can improve the clinical efficacy and improve the hemodynamic index of patients,which is worthy of clinical application.

Cervical Spondylopathy Involving the Vertebral Arteries Treated by Body-Acupuncture Combined with Scalp-Acupuncture in 72 Cases

Among various types of cervical spondylopathy, the one involving the vertebral arteries is frequently encountered in the middle-aged and the old people. It is often accompanied with arteriosclerosis and high blood viscosity, and clinically it is difficult to be treated. From March 1996 to December 2000, the authors hadtreated 72 cases of cervical spondylopathy of this type and achieved satisfactory therapeutic effects shown by clinical symptoms and indicated by the trans-cranial Doppler ultrasonic examination (TCD). This is reported as follows. ……