Objective To assess the efficacy of multimodality therapy in treating neck-type cervical spondylosis.Methods A total of 100 patients with neck-type cervical spondylosis treated at the Rehabilitation Department of a Chongqing hospital from 2014 to 2016 were included in this study.Using a random number table

patients were divided into the control group（body acupuncture）

pulse magnetotherapy group

medium-frequency pulse electrotherapy group

neck exercise group

and multimodality therapy group

20 patients in each group.The clinical efficacy as well as the pre-and post-treatment Short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire（SF-MPQ）score and neck disability index（NDI）were compared among these groups.Results The pre-treatment scores of all SF-MPQ dimensions were comparable among the five groups（P>0.05）;the post-treatment scores of all SF-MPQ dimensions were significantly reduced than their corresponding pre-treatment scores in all groups（P<0.05）.The post-treatment scores of all SF-MPQ dimensions in the magnetotherapy group

medium-frequency pulse electrotherapy group

neck exercise group

and multimodality therapy group were significantly lower than those in the control group（P<0.05）.The post-treatment scores of all SF-MPQ dimensions in the multimodality therapy group were significantly lower than those in the magnetotherapy group

medium-frequency pulse electrotherapy group

and neck exercise group（P<0.05）.Conclusion For university students with neck-type cervical spondylosis

a multimodality regimen that combines body acupuncture

pulse magnetotherapy

medium-frequency pulse electrotherapy

and neck exercise is more effective than body acupuncture alone

which deserves widespread application in the university student population.