Objective: To observe the therapcutic effect of Maitland combined with Long’s therapy on cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type. Methods:90 patients with cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type were randomly divided into treatment group and control group with each 45 cases in each group. The patients of the treatment group were treatmented with Maitland combined with Long’s therapy, And those of the control group were treatmented with Medium Frequency Electrotherapy combined with Traction.The therapeutic effects of two groups were compared. Results:the total effective rate of the treatment group was 91.1%that the control group was 71.1% There was a significant difference between two groups(P﹤0.05). Conclusion :The effect of Maitland combined with Long′s therapy on cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery type is superior to medium frequency electrotherapy combined with traction.
Cervical spondylosis of vertebral artery typeMaitland therapyLong′s therapyTractionMedium Frequency Electrotherapy