Application of McKenzie technique in the treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy / 中华物理医学与康复杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the effect of the McKenzie method and traditional manipulation in the treatment of patient with cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. Methods Seventy-two patients (42 women and 30 men with an average age of 42.60?13.73 years ) were randomly divided into 2 groups: an observation group and a control group. Both groups were given cervical traction, medium frequency electrotherapy and ultrasound therapy. In addition, the observation group was also treated with the McKenzie techniques, while the control group was treated by traditional manipulation. All the subjects were evaluated in terms of the clinical effect, VAS(Visual analog scale), McKenzie′s movement loss. The 1-year follow-up results were obtained. Results Both groups got a good therapeutic effect( the cure rate was 69% and 55.5%, respectively) and significant pain relief (P0.05). Range of motion of the cervical spine of the observation group was significantly improved after the treatment(P