Remote Fu's Subcutaneous Needling for Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of Fu's subcutaneous needle (FSN) and Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on chronic neck pain by using more objective assessment tools such as Neck Disability Index, Visual Analog Scales, Pressure Pain Threshold and Myotone of MTrPs of Upper Trapezius Muscles, Range of Motion of Stretch of Upper Trapezius Muscle, and Pittsburgh sleep quality index.

Clinical Trial Description

Neck pain combining limited range of motion is very common. Lasting for only a few days, it will taper off without any treatment. If the neck pain symptoms persist for more than two months without any improvement, it will be categorized as chronic neck pain causing not only pain but also functional impact, even in daily life, working, and sleep quality.

Fu's subcutaneous needling is utilized in treating disease related with myofascial trigger point, including soft tissue pain, joint pain, even some internal problems. Indeed it reduce pain immediately with no obvious side effects. There were some clinical articles of subjective symptoms description published lacking scientific accessment of efficacy.

Research team leading by Professor Chang-Zern Hong has already prove that excitability can be reduced by distal acupuncture. Needling TE5 and LI11 can reduce pain intensity and average amplitude of MTrPs end plate in upper trapezium m., and increase pain pressure threshold.

Comparing to traditional acupuncture, whether safer and pain-less Fu's subcutaneous needle also has the distal treatment effect or not still needs more scientific experiment to prove. This is a randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation and Fu's subcutaneous needle on chronic neck pain by using more objective assessment tools such as Neck Disability Index, Visual Analog Scales, Pressure Pain Threshold and Myotone of MTrPs of Upper Trapezius Muscles, Range of Motion of Stretch of Upper Trapezius Muscle, and Pittsburgh sleep quality index. ;

Study Design

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03605576
Study type	Interventional
Source	China Medical University Hospital
Contact	Li-Wei Chou, PhD
Phone	+886 22052121-2381
Email	chouliwe@mail.cmu.edu.tw
Status	Recruiting
Phase	N/A
Start date	May 1, 2018
Completion date	April 12, 2019

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