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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Zhang, Yin-Juan
• Yang, Jia-Qi
• Wu, Jie
• Guo, Jian-En
• Yang, Zhi-Xin
• Liu, Jin-Ying
• Wang, Yu-Man

Titel

Evaluation of the clinical effect of acupuncture in treatment of neck pain in cervical spondylosis based on propensity score matching

Ist Teil von

• Zhōngguó zhēnjiǔ, 2023-08, Vol.43 (8), p.907

Ort / Verlag

China

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To observe the clinical effect and safety of acupuncture in treatment of neck pain due to cervical spondylosis. According to the patients' preference and acceptance for the interventions of neck pain induced by cervical spondylosis, an acupuncture group (221 cases) and a non-acupuncture group (251 cases) were divided. After the control of confounding factors with propensity score matching, 218 cases were included in either acupuncture group or non-acupuncture group. In the acupuncture group, acupuncture was applied to Dazhui (GV 14), Baihui (GV 20), points, bilateral neck-Jiaji (EX-B 2), Fengchi (GB 20), Houxi (SI 3), Shenmai (BL 62), etc. The treatment was given once daily, one course of intervention was composed of 5 treatments and 3 courses were included. In the non-acupuncture group, the oral administration of imrecoxib tablets and cobalt tablets was prescribed for 2 weeks. Before and after treatment, the scores of Northwick Park questionnaire (NPQ) and the simplified McGill pain questionnaire (SF-MPQ) we