Clinical observation on tuina therapy for cervicogenic headache

Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
Volume 7, Number 6 / December, 2009

Ning Li, Jing Liu, and Meng-fo Zhang. Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Nanjing, 210028, P. R. China
Received: 8 October 2009 Published online: 5 December 2009


Abstract
Objective To observe the clinical effects of tuina therapy for cervicogenic headache.
Methods Fifty-four cases were randomized allocated into tuina group and medicine group, 27 cases in each group. The patients in the tuina group treated with tuina therapy, and the patients in the medicine group take ibuprofen orally. The headache degree (Visual Analogue Scale, VAS), frequency of headache occurrence and the neck disability index (NDI) were compared 2 weeks pre-treatment and 2 weeks post-treatment.
Results Before treatment, there were no significant differences in the headache VAS, frequency and NDI between the two groups. After treatment, headache VAS, frequency and NDI were significantly decreased, and there were statistical differences between the tuina group and the medicine group (P<0.01).
Conclusion Tuina therapy is more effective for treating cervicogenic headache than routine dose of ibuprofen.

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