Contralateral Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Shoulder Pain

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder Pain
• Interventions: Procedure: Acupuncture; Other: Control

• Registration Number: NCT01733914
• Lead Sponsor: Peking University

Brief Summary

According to traditional Chinese medical theories, a variety of acupuncture formulas can treat diseases such as pain. For example, stimulating acupoints either local or distal to the pain site has been proposed under some conditions. We hypothesize that stimulating acupoints contralateral to the pain site can successfully treat chronic shoulder pain.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-09
• Study First Submitted: 2012-11-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2012-11-27
• Primary Completion: 2013-04
• Study Completion: 2013-08
• Status Verified: 2014-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-12
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 80

Inclusion Criteria

• Uni-lateral shoulder pain for 6 weeks to 2 years
• VAS score ≤ 50
• 25-65 years of age
• Positive Neer's or Hawkins' signs
• Accept the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

• Shoulder pain of neurological origins
• Shoulder pain of neck origins
• Systematic arthritis
• Wrist problems
• Previous shoulder, arm, neck or chest fractures or surgeries
• Mental diseases
• Pregnancy
• Inability to work for more than 3 months before treatment
• Diabetes
• Coagulative dysfunction
• Corticosterone or physicotherapy experience on the affected shoulder in the last 6 months
• Failure to accept the informed consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Acupuncture	Acupuncture	Experimental group
Waiting list	Control	Control group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analogue scale (VAS)	before and 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start	Pain assessment

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Constant-Murley score	before and 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start	shoulder motion score
DASH score	before and 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start
The MOS item short from health survey (SF-36)	before and 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start	Quality of life assessment

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Province Hospital of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine, Sichuan; 🇨🇳 Chengdu, Sichuan, China