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Clinical observation on cervical spondylopathy vertebroarterial type treated by electro-acupuncture
Bin Xue1, Ling Fan, Lingxiang Hu
1The Hospital of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Sichuan Provincial Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, Sichuan 610031, China.
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.