Objective：To clarify the effectiveness of Chinese herbal fomentation in treating chronic neck pain by means of changes in cervical kinematics.Methods：Seventy-six patients with chronic neck pain were included in the ...Objective：To clarify the effectiveness of Chinese herbal fomentation in treating chronic neck pain by means of changes in cervical kinematics.Methods：Seventy-six patients with chronic neck pain were included in the study and were randomized into two groups based on the random number generator of the SPSS software：fomentation combined with Chinese herbal（Group 1） and fomentation without any medicine（Group 2）.In both groups,the fomentation lasted for 60 min and heated to 35 ℃,once a day for 28 consecutive days.Standard lateral radiographs of the cervical spine were obtained including the neutral,full flexion,and full extension positions.Before and after intervention,the following parameters were used to evaluate the changes in kinematics：range of motion（ROM）,sagittal alignment and instantaneous center of rotation（ICR）.Results：After treatment,the ROM was significantly higher than that of before treatment in Group 1（51.5,95%CI：49.8-55.9;P〈0.05）.There was no significant difference between before and after treatment in Group 2（P〉0.05）.Although C2-C7 cervical alignment was increased in both groups after treatment,no significant difference was detected between before and after treatment（P〉0.05）.For Group 1,the significant X coordinate variation was only observed at C5/C6 level（38.1;95%CI：34.0,42.1;P〈0.05）.There was a significant upward trend in the Y coordinate of the ICR at C5/C6（-30.5;95%CI：-34.3,-26.8;P〈0.05） and C6/C7 after treatment（-6.1;95%CI：-6.7,-5.4;P〈0.05）.For Group2,the ICR location of each level was not statistically different between the pre- and post-treatment（P〉0.05）.Conclusions：Chinese herbal fomentation could improve abnormal mobility in terms of ROM and ICR.Chinese herbal fomentation might be an effective treatment for chronic neck pain.展开更多
Objective：To observe the effect of subtle adjustment of the cervical spine combined with Shu Jing Ding Xuan （Neck-relaxing and Dizziness-alleviating） Decoction for cervical vertigo. 〈br〉 Methods：An open-label, r...Objective：To observe the effect of subtle adjustment of the cervical spine combined with Shu Jing Ding Xuan （Neck-relaxing and Dizziness-alleviating） Decoction for cervical vertigo. 〈br〉 Methods：An open-label, randomized and parallel controlled clinical study was designed. Subtle adjustment of the cervical spine combined with Shu Jing Ding Xuan （Neck-relaxing and Dizziness-alleviating） Decoction was used for patients in the treatment group, whereas subtle adjustment alone was used for patients in the control group. The results in the two groups were statistically analyzed after two courses of treatment. 〈br〉 Results：The recovery rate and total effective rate in the treatment group were 20.6%and 88.2%respectively, versus 14.7%and 73.5%in the control group. The inter-group differences were statistically significant （both P＆lt;0.01）. 〈br〉 Conclusion： Subtle adjustment of the cervical spine combined with Shu Jing Ding Xuan （Neck-relaxing and Dizziness-alleviating） Decoction is better than subtle adjustment alone for cervical vertigo.展开更多
文摘Objective：To clarify the effectiveness of Chinese herbal fomentation in treating chronic neck pain by means of changes in cervical kinematics.Methods：Seventy-six patients with chronic neck pain were included in the study and were randomized into two groups based on the random number generator of the SPSS software：fomentation combined with Chinese herbal（Group 1） and fomentation without any medicine（Group 2）.In both groups,the fomentation lasted for 60 min and heated to 35 ℃,once a day for 28 consecutive days.Standard lateral radiographs of the cervical spine were obtained including the neutral,full flexion,and full extension positions.Before and after intervention,the following parameters were used to evaluate the changes in kinematics：range of motion（ROM）,sagittal alignment and instantaneous center of rotation（ICR）.Results：After treatment,the ROM was significantly higher than that of before treatment in Group 1（51.5,95%CI：49.8-55.9;P〈0.05）.There was no significant difference between before and after treatment in Group 2（P〉0.05）.Although C2-C7 cervical alignment was increased in both groups after treatment,no significant difference was detected between before and after treatment（P〉0.05）.For Group 1,the significant X coordinate variation was only observed at C5/C6 level（38.1;95%CI：34.0,42.1;P〈0.05）.There was a significant upward trend in the Y coordinate of the ICR at C5/C6（-30.5;95%CI：-34.3,-26.8;P〈0.05） and C6/C7 after treatment（-6.1;95%CI：-6.7,-5.4;P〈0.05）.For Group2,the ICR location of each level was not statistically different between the pre- and post-treatment（P〉0.05）.Conclusions：Chinese herbal fomentation could improve abnormal mobility in terms of ROM and ICR.Chinese herbal fomentation might be an effective treatment for chronic neck pain.
基金supported by Taizhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
文摘Objective：To observe the effect of subtle adjustment of the cervical spine combined with Shu Jing Ding Xuan （Neck-relaxing and Dizziness-alleviating） Decoction for cervical vertigo. 〈br〉 Methods：An open-label, randomized and parallel controlled clinical study was designed. Subtle adjustment of the cervical spine combined with Shu Jing Ding Xuan （Neck-relaxing and Dizziness-alleviating） Decoction was used for patients in the treatment group, whereas subtle adjustment alone was used for patients in the control group. The results in the two groups were statistically analyzed after two courses of treatment. 〈br〉 Results：The recovery rate and total effective rate in the treatment group were 20.6%and 88.2%respectively, versus 14.7%and 73.5%in the control group. The inter-group differences were statistically significant （both P＆lt;0.01）. 〈br〉 Conclusion： Subtle adjustment of the cervical spine combined with Shu Jing Ding Xuan （Neck-relaxing and Dizziness-alleviating） Decoction is better than subtle adjustment alone for cervical vertigo.
