Clinical Study on Intensive Multi-acupuncture in the Treatment of Neck and Shoulder Myofascial Pain Syndrome
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Acupuncture, Acupuncture.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Neck Pain, Shoulder and Neck. Basic parameters: 18 years — 69 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Clinical Study on the Treatment of Neck and Shoulder Pain by Intensive Multi-acupuncture Method Based on the Principle of "Tendons Disease Pain-point Needling".
Overview
In this study, the proposed subjects came from the Traditional Diagnosisand Treatment Center of Zhongshan Hospital of Zhejiang Province.78 patients with neck and shoulder pain who met the criteria were randomly divided into the control group (39 cases) and the experimental group (39 cases) in a ratio of 1:1.The control group used ordinary acupuncture methods,and the experimental group adopted intensive mtlti-acupuncture method for intervention.The treatment was carried out twice a week,with 4 times as a course of treatment,for a total of one couse of treatment. The data of VAS NDI,Cervical Range of Motion Assessment,and Constant-Murley Score of the two grous were recorded at the baseline period,after the 2nd treatment,after the 4th treatment,and 2 weeks after the end of the treatment for follow-up.All data were statistically analyzed using SPSS27.0 software,and relevant differences were compared after treatment. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of intensive multi-acupuncture method in the treatment of neck and shoulder pain,and to promote the development and clinical application of"pain as adupoint" meridian stabbing method.
Interventions
- Procedure Acupuncture
The needles are inserted into the subject body to treat the disease. - Procedure Acupuncture
The needles are inserted into the subject body to treat the disease.
Primary outcome measures
- clinical efficacy evaluation criteria [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Pain visual analog scale score(VAS) [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Neck Disability Index (NDI) score [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Cervical Range of Motion (CROM) scale [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
- Constant-Murley Score (CMS) scale [Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Meet the above diagnostic criteria for both Chinese and Western medicine;
- Aged between 18 and 69 years, with no gender restriction; ③ Disease duration of more than 3 months, with no other treatment received within the past month; ④ Voluntarily participate in this study, comply with the physician's arrangements, cooperate with treatment, and sign the Informed Consent Form.
Exclusion criteria
- Patients with severe life-threatening primary diseases such as severe cardiac, hepatic, renal, or hematopoietic system disorders, as well as those with psychiatric conditions;
- Patients with pre-existing diseases that may affect the diagnosis of this condition, such as spinal cord injury, significant cervical disc herniation or spondylolisthesis, cervical compression fracture, whiplash injury, etc., as well as those complicated by visceral disorders presenting with similar symptoms; ③ Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, for whom acupuncture treatment is not suitable;
- Patients with a history of needle phobia, hemophobia, bleeding tendency, or coagulation disorders;
- Patients with ulcers or suspected infection on the local body surface; ⑥ Patients who have received other treatments within the past two weeks that may potentially affect the observation of the study outcomes; ⑦ Patients with cognitive impairments who are unable to independently complete the relevant scale assessments or do so under the guidance of the researcher.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07522710 · ZSLL-ZN-2026-008-01