title: [Evaluation on clinical therapeutic effect of needle-knife therapy on cervical spondylosis].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: College of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, Beijing University of TCM, Beijing 100029, China. hanzhangzhu_668@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Han-zhang
authors.initials: HZ
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wu-cheng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Xiu-fen
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jin-lin
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Zhong-jian
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: 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