Neck Pain Clinical Trial
Official title:
Sinew Acupuncture for Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain: a Randomized Assessor-blind Sham-controlled Trial
The study aims to examine the efficacy and safety of sinew acupuncture for chronic mechanical neck pain (CMNP).
Status | Not yet recruiting |
Enrollment | 130 |
Est. completion date | June 2020 |
Est. primary completion date | December 2019 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 18 Years and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - (1) aged 18 years or above; (2) able to read and write Chinese; (3) the pain is located between the neck and shoulder regions and movement or palpation of the cervical region provokes the symptoms (18); (4) the pain has persisted for more than 3 months; (5) VAS (0 to 100 mm) pain score is =30 mm at baseline assessment; (6) no treatments (Chinese medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, physiotherapies, medications, etc) intended for pain management have been received within the preceding two weeks. Exclusion Criteria: - (1) a history of fracture or surgery to the neck; (2) malignant tumor; (3) cervical congenital abnormality; (4) a severe psychiatric illness; (5) needle phobia; (6) acupuncture treatment in the preceding 3 months, and (7) other acupuncture contraindications as indicated in Hospital Authority Guideline on Safety in Acupuncture for Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Quality and Risk Sub-Committee, Hospital Authority, 2010). |
Country | Name | City | State |
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n/a |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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The University of Hong Kong |
Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Other | Adverse events | Adverse events at week 1, 2, 3 & 6 | week 1, 2, 3 & 6 | |
Primary | Visual Analog Scale (VAS) | VAS at week 3 | week 3 | |
Secondary | VAS | VAS at week 1, 2 & 6 | week 1, 2 & 6 | |
Secondary | Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) | NPQ at week 1, 2, 3 & 6 | week 1, 2, 3 & 6 | |
Secondary | Short Form-36 (SF-36) | SF-36 at week 1, 2, 3 & 6 | week 1, 2, 3 & 6 |
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