East-West Collaborative Medicine Using Bee-Venom Acupuncture on Whiplash-Associated Disorders
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Whiplash Injuries
- Interventions
- Device: Bee Venom Acupuncture Therapy
- Registration Number
- NCT01369238
- Lead Sponsor
- Korean Pharmacoacupuncture Institute
- Brief Summary
1. Purpose of study
1. To evaluate the efficacy of East-West collaborative medicine using Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy on Whiplash-Associated Disorders using VAS scale
2. To evaluate the efficacy of East-West collaborative medicine using Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy on Whiplash-Associated Disorders using NDI, BDI, SF-36, and EQ-5D.
2. Interventions \& Groups
1. group 1: Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy
2. group 2: zaltoprofen
3. group 3: Bee-Venom Acupuncture Therapy \& zaltoprofen
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Inclusion Criteria
- clinical diagnosis of Whiplash injuries
- Must have cervicalgia of more than VAS 5
Exclusion Criteria
- cancer, osteoporosis, ankylosing spodylitis, cauda equina syndrome, infection
- spinal operation
- other musculoskeletal pain
- physicological or mental disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Bee Venom Acupuncture & zaltoprofen Bee Venom Acupuncture Therapy - Bee Venom Acupuncture & zaltoprofen zaltoprofen - zaltoprofen zaltoprofen - Bee Venom Acupuncture Bee Venom Acupuncture Therapy -
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain scores on Visual Analogue Scale changes from baseline in VAS at 1 month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method neck disability scores on Neck Disability Index changes from baseline in NDI at 1 month depression scores on Beck Depression Inventory changes from baseline in BDI at 1 month quality of life scores on short form SF-36 changes from baseline in short form SF-36 at 1 month quality of life scores on EQ-5D changes from baseline in EQ-5D at 1 month