[Evaluation on clinical therapeutic effect of needle-knife therapy on cervical spondylosis].
OBJECTIVE
To compare therapeutic effects of needle-knife therapy and acupuncture on cervical spondylosis.


METHODS
Multi-central clinical randomized controlled trial was adopted. The patients were divided into a needle-knife treatment group treated with needle-knife therapy at the upper and lower interspinal ligaments of the affected vertebral body and bilateral posterior joint capsules; and the acupuncture control group were treated with acupuncture at Laozhen, Ashi points and cervical Jiaji points, etc. The short-term and the long-term therapeutic effects were observed at the end of the therapeutic course and 6 months after the end of the therapeutic course.


RESULTS
The short-term therapeutic effect and the long-term therapeutic effect were 91.3% and 94.7% in the needle-knife treatment group and 59.4% and 56.6% in the acupuncture control group, respectively, with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
The needle-knife treatment in the therapeutic effect on cervical spondylosis is superior to acupuncture treatment.
Zhu
Han-zhang
HZ
College of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Beijing University of TCM, Beijing 100029, China. hanzhangzhu_668@hotmail.com
Quan
Wu-cheng
WC
Zhang
Xiu-fen
XF
Qiao
Jin-lin
JL
Liu
Zhong-jian
ZJ
Fu
Ping
P
You
Song
S
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy