Clinical Observations on the Treatment of 120 Cases of Nerve Root Cervical Spondylopathy with Abdominal Acupuncture

Purpose To investigate the curative effect of abdominal acupuncture on nerve root cervical spondylopathy.Methods One hundred and twenty patients were randomly divided into treatment and control groups, 60 cases each. The treatment group received abdominal acupuncture and the control group, routine acupuncture.Results and conclusion The cure rate and the total efficacy rate were 80% and 100%, respectively, in the treatment group and 55% and 95%, respectively, in the control group. The effect was better in the treatment group than in the control group (P 0.005). There was a significant difference in course of treatment for cure between the two groups (P 0.01).