A Prospective, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Clinical Efficacy of Vertebral Acupuncture at Pressing Sensitive Acupoints in Treating Cervical Spondylosis of Mixed Type of Nerve Root and Vertebral Artery
- Conditions
- erve root and vertebral artery mixed cervical spondylopathy
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2000003915
- Lead Sponsor
- Affiliated Hospital of Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Meet the diagnostic criteria of mixed cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type and nerve root type in the Guidelines for Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Pain Volume compiled by People's Medical Publishing House and Chinese Medical Association in 2007;
2. Pressing sensitive acupoints can be detected on the patient's body surface;
3. Patients are between 40 and 60 years old;
4. Patient voluntarily accepts trial and signs informed consent.
1. Patients with cervical disc herniation, cervical spondylolisthesis, cervical mass lesions, pregnant or lactating women, diabetes, psychosis and bleeding tendency were excluded.
2. Other similar manifestations caused by non-vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis were excluded, such as Meniere's disease, positional vertigo, neurosis, inner ear drug poisoning, and subclavian artery bleeding syndrome confirmed by examination.
3. Patients with severe life-threatening primary diseases such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, liver, kidney and hematopoietic system.
4. Patients receiving other treatment methods during treatment.
5. Those with halo acupuncture.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mc Gill Pain Questionnaire;NPQ Northwick Park;Vertebral-basal artery hemorheology;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method