cervical vertigo
Conditions
Interventions
Experimental group:Cervical rotation-traction manipulation, once every other day for 15 minutes in the consecutive 2 weeks.
Control group:Cervical traction, daily for 20 minutes in the consecutive 2 weeks.
Sponsors
Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
35 Years to 55 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients who meet all of the following five standards can be included: 1. satisfy the diagnosis criteria of cervical vertigo; 2. age range from thirty-five to fifty-five; 3. The incidence duration: from the date of onset of the person within 5 years; 4. if treated by conservative therapy, eligible patients can be enrolled through a washout period about 5 days or more; 5. sign the informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients who meet one of the following eleven standards will be excluded: 1. vertigo due to eye or ear diseases, for instance, internal auditory artery embolism and Meniere syndrome; 2. blood diseases with bleeding tendency; 3. suspected or confirmed tumor in cervical spine, spinal canal, or brain; 4. unclear diagnosed spine injury in combination with spinal cord injury symptoms; 5. developmental spinal canal stenosis (spinal canal ratio=vertebral canal sagittal diameter/pavolov ratio greater than 0.75); 6. severe heart, pulmonary, or cerebrovascular disorders; 7. serious skin damage or skin diseases in the manipulative position; 8. cervical myelopathy,osteoarticular tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, senile osteoporosis and so on; 9. obvious radiculopathy signs; 10. mental illness and dementia; 11. unwilling to participate the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional scale for cervical vertigo;Cervical range of motion; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Headache;Neck and shoulder pain;Nausea;Vomit;Cataplexy;Neck rotation test; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLiguo Zhu
Outcome results
None listed