Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Recent studies have proved that diseased muscles around the cervical vertebra are closely related to the onset and progression of cervical spondylosis.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effect of Thera-Band resistance exercise on the cervical function of cervical spondylosis patients.
METHODS: Eighty patients with cervical spondylosis caused by extra vertebral canal and diseased soft tissue were selected from the Laboratory of “Physiological and Biochemical Testing and Exercise Rehabilitation” of Anhui Normal University during 2010-03/2011-10, 30 cases in male and 50 cases in female, the age was ranged from 65 to 17 and average was 35.4 year-old, the course of disease was 1 to 17 years. According to the China Rehabilitation Medicine Diagnostic and Treatment Practices, the patients were divided into neck type (n=28), vertebral artery (n=22), nerve root type (n=18) and sympathetic type (n=12). Resistance exercise rehabilitation therapy was conducted; the elastic band was performed with passive stretching and active anti-resistance in order to train the neck muscles.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The scores of cervical function, muscle strength around the cervical spine and cervical activity after experiment were significantly higher than those before experiment (P < 0.05); the symptoms of cervical disease was alleviated, and there was no significant difference of the improvement index and the improvement rate among groups (P > 0.05). The resistance exercise-based rehabilitation therapy for cervical muscle has significant effect on various types of cervical disease, and the Thera-Band elastic band is safe and can meet the multiple perspectives needs of neck muscle exercise.