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Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of auricular acupuncture combined with electroacupuncture and Xuefu Zhuyu capsules in patients with cervicalgia due to cervical spondylosis.

Subjects and methods: 110 patients were diagnosed with acute cervicalgia due to cervical spondylosis. A clinical intervention study with pre- and post-treatment comparison and controls was conducted. The study was carried out at the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Traditional Medicine from August 2023 to August 2024.

Results: After 14 days of treatment, the pain level, as measured by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), in the study group decreased from 8.04 ± 1.02 to 4.67 ± 1.23 points. This improvement was significantly greater than that observed in the control group, where the VAS score decreased from 7.78 ± 0.85 to 5.84 ± 1.20 points. Assessment of improvement using the Neck Disability Index (NDI) revealed a 27.6% improvement in the study group (a decrease of 6.44 ± 3.26 points), which was also significantly higher than the 18.1% improvement seen in the control group (a decrease of 4.13 ± 2.60 points). The differences between pre- and post-treatment scores within each group, as well as the differences between the two groups, were statistically significant (p < 0.05).

Conclusion: Auricular acupuncture combined with electroacupuncture and Xuefu Zhuyu capsules has been shown to improve pain symptoms and enhance cervical spine function in patients with acute cervicalgia due to cervical spondylosis.