Clinical effect and safety analysis of long-round needle usage in treating cervical spondylotic radiotelegraphy and its effect on pain and functional recovery.

BACKGROUND

Long-round needle usage can treat muscular pain, but there is little research on cervical spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR).

OBJECTIVE

To explore the efficacy and safety of long-round needle usage in treating CSR.

METHODS

Ninety-eight patients with CSR were randomly divided into control and observation groups. They were treated with filiform needles and long-round needles, respectively. The therapeutic effect, safety, inflammatory factors and neck dysfunction index (NDI), McGill pain questionnaire (MPQ) and Generic Quality of Life Inventory-74 (GQOL-74) scores were compared between the two groups.

RESULTS

After treatment, the effective rate and safety of the observation group were better than those of the control group. The NDI and MPQ scores in the observation group were significantly lower than those in the control group, and the GQOL-74 score was higher than that in the control group. The level of interleukin-8 in the observation group was significantly lower than that in the control group, and the level of interleukin-10 was significantly higher than that in the control group.

CONCLUSIONS

Long-round needle therapy has a good effect on patients with CSR, which can safely improve the quality of life of patients with mild local inflammatory damage.