Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2012, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (48): 9079-9082.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2012.48.029

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Traction treatment of cervical spondylosis

Fan Hong-yuan, Cao Jun-yan, Xiang Kai-wei, Sun Jun, Zhao Jing   

  1. Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou Province, China
  • Received:2012-04-10 Revised:2012-06-14 Online:2012-11-25 Published:2013-03-14
  • About author:Fan Hong-yuan☆, Doctor, Associate professor, Guiyang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang 550001, Guizhou Province, China hongyuanfan@126.com

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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Since 1929, cervical vertebra traction, a controlled axial traction method has already been one of the acknowledged methods for the treatment of cervical spondylosis. The curative effect has been recognized by most health workers.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the investigative situation and progression about the quantitative research of cervical vertebra traction at home and abroad.
METHODS: The CNKI database and PubMed database (1992-01/2010-10) were used to search the related articles about cervical spondylosis traction. The key words of “cervical spondylosis, treatment, traction” were put in the title and abstract and then some related articles were selected. For the articles in the same fields, those published recently or in the authorized journals were selected. There were 124 articles after the initial survey. According to inclusion criteria, 28 articles related to cervical spondylosis traction were selected for the review.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The application of cervical vertebra traction has auxiliary effects in treating cervical spondylosis. The traction time, angles and the weights have been mostly concerned according to quantitative research of cervical vertebra traction. So the cervical vertebra traction will be widely used in clinical treatments.

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