title: Clinical research on treatment of vertebroarterial type of cervical spondylosis with 5-step manipulation and traction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the therapeutic effect of 5-step manipulation and traction of cervical vertebrae on vertebroarterial type of cervical spondylosis and probe its mechanism.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 120 patients were randomly divided into a treatment group (manipulation group) and a control group (traction group) with 60 cases in each. The curative effects in the two groups were evaluated after treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The curative rate and the total effective rate is 26.7% and 93.4% respectively in the treatment group, and 13.3% and 86.7% respectively in the control group, with statistical significance in the total effective rate of the two groups (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Manipulation and traction of cervical vertebrae can effectively improve the clinical symptoms of vetebroarterical type of cervical spondylosis with a good therapeutic effect.
authors.affiliation: 307 Hospital of PLA, Beijing 100091, China.
authors.forename: Zhen-jun
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jian-xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wei-wei
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Qi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020393:Manipulation, Spinal; D008875:Middle Aged; D055009:Spondylosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014143:Traction; D016896:Treatment Outcome