Is laser acupuncture an effective treatment for shoulder and neck pain in office workers?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: shoulder pain; neck pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Public Health - Epidemiology; Alternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicine; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000426886
• Lead Sponsor: Edith Cowan University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 6 December 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

1) aged between 18-65 years
2) working more than 28 h a week with sedentary office work
3) moderate to severe SNP (VAS > 5/10 & SF-MPQ > 2/45) for more than three months

Exclusion Criteria

Women who are pregnant, people with cancer, high sensitivity to light, or other symptoms of unknown cause will not be eligible.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome for this study is feasibility of the two weeks LLLA therapy for office workers with SNP. Feasibility will be assessed by measuring: 1) recruitment and completion rates (No. of referred, No. of eligible, No. of enrolled, No. of withdrawals, trial recruitment rate, and trial completion rate), 2) patient safety (No. and severity of adverse events), and 3) treatment adherence (No. of completed sessions and missed sessions). Participants’ motivation and challenges to participation, withdrawal, missed sessions and non-compliance to intervention will be investigated, as will their attitude, and experience in participating the trial. [Baseline, between intervention, and two weeks after intervention commencement]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain assessed by the Visual analogue scale (VAS) and the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) [Baseline and two weeks after intervention commencement];Work productivity and activity assessed by the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire for Specific Health Problem V2.0 (WPAI:SHP) [Baseline and two weeks after intervention commencement];Quality of life assessed by the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) [Baseline and two weeks after intervention commencement];3-monthly out of pocket cost for prescription and non-prescription SNP therapies assessed via questionnaire[Baseline];Past 3-month choice of non-pharmacologic therapy assessed via questionnaire[Baseline ]