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Study on the effect of acupuncture on improving chronic neck pain with mild to moderate anxiety by regulating cortical excitability

Early Phase 1
Conditions
Chronic neck pain with mild to moderate anxiety disorders
Registration Number
ITMCTR2024000174
Lead Sponsor
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

1) Aged 18-60 years old;
2) Healthy volunteers: no physical discomfort or underlying diseases in the past 1 month; Hamilton anxiety scale score HAMA-14=7 points;
3) Patients with chronic neck pain and anxiety: need to meet the diagnostic criteria for chronic neck pain and anxiety; VAS score > 3 and 8< HAMA-14 score =20;
4) no history of needle faintness;
5) No peripheral stimulation intervention (such as acupuncture, peripheral electrical stimulation, etc.) and central stimulation (such as rTMS, tDCS, etc.) in the past three months;
6) Volunteer to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

1) Patients with cervical spondylosis without cervical pain, or patients without cervical pain as the main complaint; Other types of cervical spondylosis were excluded through clinical manifestations and X-ray examinations.
2) Have violent behavior, psychotic symptoms, or have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or other mental disorders;
3) History of personality disorder;
4) History of alcohol or substance abuse;
5) History of brain trauma and epilepsy;
6) Patients with severe heart, liver, kidney and cerebrovascular diseases;
7) Chronic weakness, severe neurosis, dementia, severe osteoporosis, pregnancy;
8) Leukemia, thrombocytopenia and other bleeding tendency.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
HAMA scale;NPQ scale;Motor evoked potentials;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
SAS scale;VAS scale;
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