Research progress of electroacupuncture treatment on cervical spondylosis radiculopathy in recent ten years

Yue, Jin; Zhang, Qinhong; Wang, Shulu; Wei-bin, Gao

doi:10.1007/s11726-011-0490-8

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“…Presently, although a variety of treatments are available for neck pain relief of CS, such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, [ 17 ] physiotherapy, [ 18 , 19 ] analgesics, [ 20 , 21 ] among others, those therapies have limited efficacy in relieving neck pain and many of them are associated with cumbersome side effects. It has been reported that alternative medicine, such as acupuncture, [ 22 ] neck exercise, [ 18 , 23 ] percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (PNMES), [ 24 ] herbal medication, [ 25 ] and so on, has been widely used to treat neck pain of CS, and with few adverse events (AEs), or even without AEs. However, no randomized controlled trials focused to explore the effectiveness and safety of PNMES for neck pain relief in patients with CS.…”

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Effectiveness of percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation for neck pain relief in patients with cervical spondylosis

Miao

Qiang

Jin³

2018

Medicine

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Background:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (PNMES) for treating neck pain in patients with cervical spondylosis (CS).Methods:One hundred and twenty four patients with neck pain of CS were included, and then they were randomly divided into a PNMES group and a control group in a ratio of 1:1. All patients received PNMES or sham PNMES 30 minutes daily, 3 times weekly for 12 weeks. The primary outcome was assessed by the visual analog scale (VAS). The secondary outcomes were evaluated by the cervical range of motion (ROM), neck disability index (NDI) score, as well as the adverse events (AEs). All outcome measurements were measured at the end of 12-week treatment, and 4-week follow-up after treatment.Results:At the end of the 12-week treatment, and 4-week follow-up, the patients receiving PNMES exhibited more decrease in the mean VAS (P < .01), and NDI (P < .01) respectively, compared with the patients receiving sham PNMES. Additionally, the increase in the mean ROM was also significantly higher in the PNMES group than that in the sham PNMES group at the end of the 12-week treatment, and 4-week follow-up, respectively (P < .01). No AEs were found in either group.Conclusions:The results of this study demonstrated that PNMES is more effective than Sham PNMES for neck pain relief in patients with CS.

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Effectiveness of percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation for neck pain relief in patients with cervical spondylosis

Miao

Qiang

Jin³

2018

Medicine

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“…However, all of them had unsatisfied efficacy and adverse events. Acupuncture therapy is used to treat various conditions, such as pain [15][16][17] (including neck pain [18,19], knee pain [20][21][22]), stroke rehabilitation [23], urinary dysfunction [24,25], pressure ulcers [26,27], and OP [28].…”

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A Case Report of a Patient with Ptosis and Ataxia Diagnosed as Claude’s Syndrome Who Was Treated with Korean Medicine

김¹,

정²,

양³

et al. 2017

J Int Korean Med

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This study consisted of a single centre randomised controlled trial with two parallel arms: an acupuncture group ( = 20) with 27 affected eyes and a sham group ( = 20) with 23 affected eyes. Participants in the acupuncture group received acupuncture treatment once daily, three times weekly for four weeks. Participants assigned to the control group received sham acupuncture, the same protocol as that used for the acupuncture group but without insertion of needles into the skin. The primary outcome measure was the cervical range of motion (CROM) score. Secondary outcome measures were the palpebral fissure size, response rate, and adverse events. All 40 participants completed the study. In the comparison of acupuncture and sham acupuncture, a significant difference was observed between acupuncture and sham acupuncture in CROM score (21.37 ± 15.16 and 32.21 ± 19.54, resp.) ( < 0.05) and palpebral fissure size (7.19 ± 2.94 and 5.41 ± 2.45, resp.) ( < 0.05). Response rate was also significantly different in the acupuncture group ( < 0.05). No adverse events were reported in both groups in this study. In summary, it was demonstrated that acupuncture had a feasibility positive effect on oculomotor paralysis.

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“…However, all of them had unsatisfied efficacy and adverse events. Acupuncture therapy is used to treat various conditions, such as pain [ 15 – 17 ] (including neck pain [ 18 , 19 ], knee pain [ 20 – 22 ]), stroke rehabilitation [ 23 ], urinary dysfunction [ 24 , 25 ], pressure ulcers [ 26 , 27 ], and OP [ 28 ].…”

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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Oculomotor Paralysis: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

Yang

et al. 2016

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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This study consisted of a single centre randomised controlled trial with two parallel arms: an acupuncture group (n = 20) with 27 affected eyes and a sham group (n = 20) with 23 affected eyes. Participants in the acupuncture group received acupuncture treatment once daily, three times weekly for four weeks. Participants assigned to the control group received sham acupuncture, the same protocol as that used for the acupuncture group but without insertion of needles into the skin. The primary outcome measure was the cervical range of motion (CROM) score. Secondary outcome measures were the palpebral fissure size, response rate, and adverse events. All 40 participants completed the study. In the comparison of acupuncture and sham acupuncture, a significant difference was observed between acupuncture and sham acupuncture in CROM score (21.37 ± 15.16 and 32.21 ± 19.54, resp.) (P < 0.05) and palpebral fissure size (7.19 ± 2.94 and 5.41 ± 2.45, resp.) (P < 0.05). Response rate was also significantly different in the acupuncture group (P < 0.05). No adverse events were reported in both groups in this study. In summary, it was demonstrated that acupuncture had a feasibility positive effect on oculomotor paralysis.

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Research progress of electroacupuncture treatment on cervical spondylosis radiculopathy in recent ten years

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Effectiveness of percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation for neck pain relief in patients with cervical spondylosis

Effectiveness of percutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation for neck pain relief in patients with cervical spondylosis

A Case Report of a Patient with Ptosis and Ataxia Diagnosed as Claude’s Syndrome Who Was Treated with Korean Medicine

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Oculomotor Paralysis: A Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial

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