Clinical Study on Electroacupuncture Therapy for Chronic Neck Pain

Neck Pains Clinical Trial

Official title:

Lu's Acupuncture Protocol for Chronic Neck Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01674387
• Other study ID #: 64385700
• Secondary ID: ZYSNXD-CCHPGC-JD
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2012
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Purpose of this test is to observe and objectively evaluate electroacupuncture (EA) therapy on the clinical efficacy in patients with chronic neck pain, and provide a reliable clinical basis for the chronic neck pain treatment and evaluation of efficacy.

Description:

According to statistics, the incidence of chronic neck pain has significantly increased year by year, particularly tending to younger people, as social competition increase fiercely and the pace of people's daily work and life accelerate. Studying the effective treatment and prevention of chronic neck pain has obvious medical, social and economic significance. Purpose of this trial is to observe and objectively evaluate electroacupuncture (EA) therapy on the clinical efficacy in patients with chronic neck pain, and provide a reliable clinical basis for the chronic neck pain treatment and evaluation of efficacy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age of a subject is older than 18 and is younger than 65.

2. With more than 3 months history of neck pain.

3. Informed consent is signed by a subject or his lineal relation.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. With serious protopathy or disease ofcardiovascular,liver,renal,gastrointestinal, hematological systems and so on.

2. Psychotic,patients with allergic constitution or easily getting infected or bleeding.

3. Patients have used drugs for preventing neck pain in the last four weeks.

4. Pregnant women or women in lactation.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neck Pain
• Neck Pains

Intervention

Device:
• acupuncture
56 patients (the EA group) receive the acupuncture treatment at nine acupuncture points: Dazhui (GV14), bilateral Jianzhongshu (SI15), bilateral Jingbailao (EX HN15), bilateral Jiaji (EX-B2) of cervical positive reaction plane (taking two pairs). Besides, bilateral Jianzhongshu (SI15) and bilateral Jiaji (EX-B2) receive the electro acupuncture treatment, with dilatational wave. All the needles retained for 20 minutes, one treatment every other day, 10 times a course, and the treatment assessed after a course.

Other:
• comprehensive treatment
Other 56 patients (the matched group) receive the comprehensive treatment, including traction and TENS therapy. Each treatment 20 minutes, one treatment every other day, 10 times a course, and the treatment assessed after a course.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Longhua Hospital

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	chronic neck pain-the Neck Pain Scale (NPQ)		20 days(One course)
Primary	the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire		20 days(One course)
Primary	the SF-36 Health Questionnaire combined with Neck Disability Index (NDI).		20 days(one course)
Secondary	chronic neck pain-the Neck Pain Scale (NPQ)		one month after a course.
Secondary	the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire		one month after a course
Secondary	the SF-36 Health Questionnaire combined with Neck Disability Index (NDI).		one months after a course