NGHIÊN CỨU TÁC DỤNG CỦA PHƯƠNG PHÁP TÁC ĐỘNG CỘT SỐNG KẾT HỢP ĐIỆN CHÂM TRONG ĐIỀU TRỊ HỘI CHỨNG CÁNH TAY CỔ

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate the treatment results of spinal manipulation combined with electro-acupuncture on patients with cervical scapulohumeral syndrome. Subjects and methods: 70 patients aged 30 years or older, regardless of gender or occupation, were diagnosed with cervical scapulohumeral syndrome due to cervical spondylosis according to modern medicine and liver-kidney deficiency combined with wind-cold Bizheng according to traditional medicine. Research group (35 patients) was treated with spinal manipulation, electro-acupuncture. Control group (35 patients) was treated with acupressure, electro-acupuncture. Results: After 21 days of treatment, the pain level according to the VAS scale, daily living function, cervical range of motion, and radicular syndrome of the research group and the control group all improved but were equivalent (p>0.05). But the pain relief effect and improvement in daily living functions of patients are faster than in the group using acupressure combined with electroacupuncture. Conclusion: Spinal manipulation combined with electro-acupuncture is a safe method and has better effects than the XBBH method combined with electro-acupuncture in the treatment of brachial-cervical syndrome due to cervical spondylosis.