Clinical research of Long's manipulation in the treatment of cervical vertigo in children

Objective:To evaluate the curative effect of Long's manipulation in the treatment of children with cervical vertigo and the mechanism.Methods:Eighty children with cervical vertigo were randomly divided into a Long's manipulation group and a massage group with 40 cases in each group,receiving Long's manipulation and acupoint massage respectively.Differences of the curative effect and the improvements of the abnormal results of transcranial Doppler(TCD)and cervical vertebra X-ray between two methods were observed.Results:The improvement rate of the abnormal blood flow velocity,abnormal results of cervical vertebra by X-ray examination and cured and markedly effective rate in Long's manipulation group was higher than pretreatment and the massage group(P0.05,P0.01).Conclusions:Long's manipulation is helpful to eliminate all kinds of pathogenic factors of cervical vertigo in children.It is a safe optimization scheme in the treatment of children with cervical vertigo.