Objective: To investigate the clinical efficacy of acupuncture combined with tuina in treating patients with cervical vertigo.
Methods: According to the principle of randomization, 258 cases with cervical vertigo who met the inclusion criteria for the study were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 129 cases in each. The patients in the observation group received acupuncture combined with tuina therapy, while those in the control group were just treated by the same acupuncture therapy as in the observation group. After 10-day continuous treatments, the clinical efficacies of the two groups were analyzed and compared.
Results: The total effective rate of the observation group was 100%, versus 86.0% of the control group, and the difference was significant (P<0.05). After treatment, cervical range of motion (ROM) scores in both groups were statistically significantly different from those before treatment (allP<0.05); in addition, there was a statistically significant difference in inter-group comparison of ROM score (P<0.05).
Conclusion: Compared with simple acupuncture treatment, acupuncture combined with tuina therapy has a better effect in improving the ROM of cervical vertigo patients, with higher clinical efficacy.