Clinical research on the effect of gentongping pill combined with physiotherapy on the patients with vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the effects of gentongping pill combined with physiotherapy on the patients with vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis. Methods 134 patients with vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis were grouped into two groups, the observation group and the control group. The two groups were treated with physiotherapy and the observation group was treated with Gentongping pill. The effects in the two groups were evaluated. Results The total efficiency in the observation group was higher than that in the control group(P<0.05). After treatment, the symptom score, CASCS score, mean blood flow velocity in left vertebral artery and right vertebral artery, TNF-α and IL-6 level in the observation group were better than those in the control group (all P<0.05). There was no obvious adverse reaction in the two groups. Conclusion Itcan improve the therapeutic effect which Gentongping pill is used on the treatment of patients with vertebral artery type of cervical spondylosis.