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Clinical observation on acupuncture combined with hyperbaric oxygenation in treating patients with cervical spondylosis of nerve root type in acute phase

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Objective

To observe the therapeutic efficacy of acupuncture combined with hyperbaric oxygenation for cervical spondylosis of nerve root type in acute phase.

Methods

One hundred cases with cervical spondylosis of nerve root type in acute phase were randomly divided into two groups, with 50 patients in each group. The patients in the treatment group were treated by acupuncture combined with hyperbaric oxygenation, and those in the control group only received the same acupuncture therapy as the treatment group. The therapeutic efficacy was evaluated after 2 courses of treatment.

Results

In the treatment group, 27 cases were cured, 9 cases showed markedly effective, and 4 cases were invalid, and the recovery rate was 67.5%, the total effective rate was 90.0%; in the control group, 18 cases were cured, 17 cases showed markedly effective, 15 cases were invalid, and the recovery rate was 36.0%, the total effective rate was 70.0%. There were statistically significant differences between two groups in the recovery rate and the total effective rate (both P<0.05). The average cure time of the treatment group was (15.56±7.13) d, and that of the control group was (22.13±7.78) d, which also had significant difference between the two groups (P<0.05).

Conclusion

Acupuncture combined with hyperbaric oxygenation has rapid and reliable effects for cervical spondylosis of nerve root type in acute phase.

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  1. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China

    Jian-xiong Wang & Jun-feng Zhang

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Wang, Jx., Zhang, Jf. Clinical observation on acupuncture combined with hyperbaric oxygenation in treating patients with cervical spondylosis of nerve root type in acute phase. J. Acupunct. Tuina. Sci. 12, 236–240 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11726-014-0780-z

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