WCPR 2025

Yu Hou speaker at World Congress on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Yu Hou

Guangdong Provincial Hospital, China


Abstract:

Manual Traction has been established as an effective technique for the treatment of cervical spondylotic radiculopathy, which can be performed with bare hands. The pain relief effect is evident immediately, with a total effective rate of 92%, particularly in severe cases. The five-year long-term follow-up results are satisfactory. This technique emphasizes the three elements of force, angle, and time, and is combined with continuous traction using instruments. Over the past 20 years of application, there have been no complications such as nerve injury. The technique has now received project funding from the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China to promote it throughout the country. In a study involving 8 centers and 254 patients, a statistically significant difference in NRS and NDI scores was observed before and after treatment (P<0.001). When analyzing the NRS and NDI scores before and after treatment for each center separately, the results indicated that patients treated at all 8 centers showed statistically significant differences in NRS and NDI scores before and after treatment (P<0.05)

Biography:

MD, Attending Physician, trained under Professor Lin Dingkun, a renowned Chinese medicine expert in Guangdong Province and a distinguished scholar in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Currently serving as the Secretary of the Orthopedic Hospital at Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine. Specializing in integrated prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation strategies for chronic musculoskeletal disorders, with a focus on cervical spondylosis, lumbar degenerative diseases, and knee osteoarthritis.Published 47 research articles, including 20 SCI-indexed papers with a cumulative impact factor of 69.4. Holds 5 national invention patents, 3 utility model patents, and 4 design patents.