Clinical Efficacy of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Therapy Combined with Flames in 30 Cases of Nerve Root Type Cervical Spondylosis / 中国医科大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the clinical efficacy of both acupuncture combined with flames and simple acupuncture and moxibustion treatment of nerve root cervical spondylosis,so as to provide appropriate basis for the improvement of nerve root cervical spondylosis treatment. Methods A total of 60 cases of nerve root cervical spondylosis were enrolled for the study and randomly divided into two groups with the treatment of acupuncture combined with dragon moxibustion group(treatment group,n=30)and simple acupuncture group(control group,n=30). The clinical symptoms before and after treatment,and signs changes between the two groups were compared. Results Patients of both two groups showed significant im?provement after treatments(P<0.05);CSR simplify McGill Pain Scale scores inquiry(P<0.05). The total effective rate of the treatment group was 96.67%,which was 90.0%in the control group,with statistically significant difference(P<0.05). It indicated that the combined use of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy had better efficacy than simple acupuncture treatment. Conclusion The combined use of acupuncture and moxibustion therapy with flames in nerve root cervical spondylosis showed better clinical effect,which can be used as a preferred method of clinical treatment pro?grams.