International Journal of Clinical Research

Cervical radiculopathy (CR), as a common clinical degenerative disease of spine, has a high incidence rate and is prone to recurrent attacks, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. Currently, traction therapy is widely used in clinical treatment of CR due to its advantages of simple operation and precise efficacy. However, there are still many gaps in the research on the mechanism of traction therapy for CR, which leads to a lack of solid theoretical basis for the application of traction technology in clinical practice, and a lack of unified standards for the setting of key parameters such as traction angle, weight, and time. This study systematically summarizes relevant literature at home and abroad, and deeply analyzes the mechanism of traction therapy for CR from multiple dimensions such as mechanics, neurophysiology, muscle and soft tissue. At the same time, combined with clinical research progress, it explores the optimization strategy of traction technology clinical application parameters, in order to provide reference for relevant personnel.

Cervical Spondylotic Radiculopathy; Traction therapy; Mechanism of action; Application progress