title: Forty-six cases of the nerve root-involved cervical spondylopathy treated by needling the "Sitian" points.
abstract: In order to investigate the analgesic effect of needling at "Sitian" points for the nerve root-involved cervical spondylopathy, 68 cases of the nerve root-involved cervical spondylopathy were randomly divided into a treatment group of 46 cases treated by needling at "Sitian" points, and a control group of 22 cases treated by needling at cervical Jiaji points. After 2 therapeutic courses, the therapeutic effects were evaluated by using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the semeiographic format. The results showed that the markedly effective rate was 78.3% and 54.5%, respectively in the treatment group and the control group, and the difference between the two groups was of significance (P<0.05). It can be concluded that needling at "Sitian" points can bring about a better therapeutic effect on the improvement of clinical symptoms, physical signs and pain than that of the needling at the cervical Jiaji points.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300193, China.
authors.forename: Hongying
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Xiuyun
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiangwen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.forename: Gongwang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy / Q000379:methods; D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000628:therapy*; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*