Clinical Study on 30 Cases of Unsteady Lower Cervical Vertebrae Treated by Acupuncture plus Traction

Objective To study the effect of acupuncturing at Jiaji points plus cervical traction in treating unsteady lower cervical vertebrae.Methods The 90 outpatients willing to accept our treatment were randomized into 3 groups with 30 in each.Acupuncture group:acupuncture at the cervical Jiaji points.Traction group:traction at the cervical vertebrae.Acupuncture + traction group:acupuncture at the cervical Jiaji points plus cervical traction.Total effect,symptom scoring and X-ray examination were evaluated after 3 course of treatment.Results The total effective rate of acupuncture group,traction group and acupuncture + traction group was 47.67%,73.33% and 90.00% respectively.In total effect,symptoms of unsteady lower cervical vertebrae and the changes of X-ray examination,acupuncture + traction group was better than that of acupuncture group(P0.01).Conclusion Acupuncture plus traction is effective in treating the unsteady lower cervical vertebrae.