Bin Xue1, Ling Fan, Lingxiang Hu. 1. The Hospital of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Sichuan Provincial Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical therapeutic effects of electro-acupuncture in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy of the vertebroarterial type. METHODS: According to the consulting order, the patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (29 cases treated with electro-acupuncture), and a control group (28 cases treated with simple acupuncture). 20 treatments were given to patients in both groups. RESULTS: The markedly effective rate of the treatment group was 75% and that of the control group was 61.54% (P<0.05). CONCLUSION:Electro-acupuncture has a better therapeutic effect than the simple acupuncture in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy of the vertebroarterial type.
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OBJECTIVE: To observe the clinical therapeutic effects of electro-acupuncture in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy of the vertebroarterial type. METHODS: According to the consulting order, the patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (29 cases treated with electro-acupuncture), and a control group (28 cases treated with simple acupuncture). 20 treatments were given to patients in both groups. RESULTS: The markedly effective rate of the treatment group was 75% and that of the control group was 61.54% (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: Electro-acupuncture has a better therapeutic effect than the simple acupuncture in the treatment of cervical spondylopathy of the vertebroarterial type.
Authors: Helene M Langevin; Rosa Schnyer; Hugh MacPherson; Robert Davis; Richard E Harris; Vitaly Napadow; Peter M Wayne; Ryan J Milley; Lixing Lao; Elisabet Stener-Victorin; Jiang-Ti Kong; Richard Hammerschlag Journal: J Altern Complement Med Date: 2015-02-24 Impact factor: 2.579