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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
GroupInterventionDescription
Bee Venom Acupuncture & zaltoprofenBee Venom Acupuncture Therapy-
Bee Venom Acupuncture & zaltoprofenzaltoprofen-
zaltoprofenzaltoprofen-
Bee Venom AcupunctureBee Venom Acupuncture Therapy-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
pain scores on Visual Analogue Scalechanges from baseline in VAS at 1 month
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
neck disability scores on Neck Disability Indexchanges from baseline in NDI at 1 month
depression scores on Beck Depression Inventorychanges from baseline in BDI at 1 month
quality of life scores on short form SF-36changes from baseline in short form SF-36 at 1 month
quality of life scores on EQ-5Dchanges from baseline in EQ-5D at 1 month
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