Investigation of acupoint specificity and cerebral mechanism of acupuncture treatment for neck pai
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- neck pain
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2000004165
- Lead Sponsor
- Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
(1) Neck pain as the main complaint, and the visual analog scale (VAS) score is greater than 4 points and less than 10 points (range 0-10 points);
(2) Duration <= 3 months;
(3) Aged 18 - 60 years;
(4) Voluntary signing of informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
(1) Pregnant or lactating women;
(2) Combined with severe other organic and emotional disorders;
(3) Local skin damage or severe skin disease affects manipulation;
(4) People with mental and neurological disorders who cannot communicate normally;
(5) Receiving acupuncture for neck pain within the last one month;
(6) Having MRI contraindications, such as having a heart pacemaker, having metallic foreign bodies, having severe claustrophobia, etc.;
(7) Participation in other trials.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method visual analogue scale (VAS);
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method short-form 36-item Health Survey (SF-36);Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS);Pressure Pain Threshords (PPT);musculoskeletal ultrasound;Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS);cervical range of motion (ROM);Neck disability index (NDI);