title: [Influence of cervical curvature change on the nerve root and vertebral artery of patients with cervical spondylosis and clinical observation of manipulation treatment].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the influence of the change of cervical curvature on the nerve root and the vertebral artery of the patients with cervical spondylosis and the curative effect of therapeutic manipulations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixty cases of cervical spondylosis with the change of cervical curvature, 60 cases of cervical spondylosis without the change of cervical curvature and 60 normal people were chosen. They were clinically observed and the cervical spondylosis was treated by manipulations and the data was processed according to the principle of statistics.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The change of cervical curvature affected the nerve root and the vertebral artery and therapeutic manipulations produced a satisfactory curative effect.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cervical spondylosis with change of cervical curvature has special characteristics in the etiology, course and state of the disease. The change of cervical curvature produces an effect on the nerve root and the vertebral artery. Selected therapeutic manipulations produce a better curative effect.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Guangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanning, Guangxi Province 530001, China.
authors.forename: Gui-Kang
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Hong-Hai
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Bin-Bin
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Xin-Jiao
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020393:Manipulation, Spinal; D008875:Middle Aged; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000503:physiopathology*