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Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial
INTRODUCTION: Mechanical neck pain (MNP) is defined as pain in the area of the neck and/or neck-shoulder provoked by body mechanics and which adversely affects physical, psychological and social function. The treatments for MNP are limited. Previous studies and clinical experience have indicated tha...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10476120/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37652590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068129 |
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author | Qiu, Xing-Hua Yang, Xing-Yue Wang, Yu-Yu Tian, Su-Ling Yan, Yan-Bin Xu, An-Ping Fu, Fei Wen, Feng-Yun Yang, Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yu-Qin Yang, Zhi-Wen Xu, Chang Sun, Qian-Hui Wu, Xiao-Ling Dai, Xing-Ye Li, Na Cheng, Kai |
author_facet | Qiu, Xing-Hua Yang, Xing-Yue Wang, Yu-Yu Tian, Su-Ling Yan, Yan-Bin Xu, An-Ping Fu, Fei Wen, Feng-Yun Yang, Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yu-Qin Yang, Zhi-Wen Xu, Chang Sun, Qian-Hui Wu, Xiao-Ling Dai, Xing-Ye Li, Na Cheng, Kai |
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description | INTRODUCTION: Mechanical neck pain (MNP) is defined as pain in the area of the neck and/or neck-shoulder provoked by body mechanics and which adversely affects physical, psychological and social function. The treatments for MNP are limited. Previous studies and clinical experience have indicated that myofascial acupuncture might be a better treatment option for MNP, but the efficacy is controversial. Therefore, our aim is to compare the efficacy of myofascial acupuncture and routine acupuncture for MNP. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The study is a multicentre, prospective randomised clinical trial. Patients will be recruited from four tertiary hospitals in China. A total of 438 participants with MNP will be randomly assigned into two groups, namely the ‘Sancai-Tianbu’ myofascial acupuncture group and the routine acupuncture group, at a ratio of 1:1. Each group will receive the acupuncture treatment twice a week for 21 days, totalling six sessions. The primary outcome will be the Visual Analogue Scale score. The secondary outcomes will be the Neck Disability Index, the cervical range of motion and the MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. The assessments will be performed at baseline (immediately after allocation), pretreatment (5 min before every treatment), post-treatment (within 10 min after every treatment), postcourse (within 1 day after the course), and at 1, 3 and 6 months after the course. All patients will be included in the intent-to-treat analysis. Repeated-measure analysis of covariance will be used to determine the effects of the intervention on the outcome measures. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval was obtained from China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation 731 Hospital, with permission number 2022-0204-01. Written informed consent will be obtained from the enrolled patients. Trial results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ChiCTR2200061453. |
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spelling | pubmed-104761202023-09-05 Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial Qiu, Xing-Hua Yang, Xing-Yue Wang, Yu-Yu Tian, Su-Ling Yan, Yan-Bin Xu, An-Ping Fu, Fei Wen, Feng-Yun Yang, Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yu-Qin Yang, Zhi-Wen Xu, Chang Sun, Qian-Hui Wu, Xiao-Ling Dai, Xing-Ye Li, Na Cheng, Kai BMJ Open Complementary Medicine INTRODUCTION: Mechanical neck pain (MNP) is defined as pain in the area of the neck and/or neck-shoulder provoked by body mechanics and which adversely affects physical, psychological and social function. The treatments for MNP are limited. Previous studies and clinical experience have indicated that myofascial acupuncture might be a better treatment option for MNP, but the efficacy is controversial. Therefore, our aim is to compare the efficacy of myofascial acupuncture and routine acupuncture for MNP. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The study is a multicentre, prospective randomised clinical trial. Patients will be recruited from four tertiary hospitals in China. A total of 438 participants with MNP will be randomly assigned into two groups, namely the ‘Sancai-Tianbu’ myofascial acupuncture group and the routine acupuncture group, at a ratio of 1:1. Each group will receive the acupuncture treatment twice a week for 21 days, totalling six sessions. The primary outcome will be the Visual Analogue Scale score. The secondary outcomes will be the Neck Disability Index, the cervical range of motion and the MOS 36-Item Short Form Health Survey. The assessments will be performed at baseline (immediately after allocation), pretreatment (5 min before every treatment), post-treatment (within 10 min after every treatment), postcourse (within 1 day after the course), and at 1, 3 and 6 months after the course. All patients will be included in the intent-to-treat analysis. Repeated-measure analysis of covariance will be used to determine the effects of the intervention on the outcome measures. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethics approval was obtained from China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation 731 Hospital, with permission number 2022-0204-01. Written informed consent will be obtained from the enrolled patients. Trial results will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ChiCTR2200061453. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10476120/ /pubmed/37652590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068129 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Complementary Medicine Qiu, Xing-Hua Yang, Xing-Yue Wang, Yu-Yu Tian, Su-Ling Yan, Yan-Bin Xu, An-Ping Fu, Fei Wen, Feng-Yun Yang, Yang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Yu-Qin Yang, Zhi-Wen Xu, Chang Sun, Qian-Hui Wu, Xiao-Ling Dai, Xing-Ye Li, Na Cheng, Kai Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
title | Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
title_full | Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
title_fullStr | Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
title_short | Myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
title_sort | myofascial acupuncture versus routine acupuncture for mechanical neck pain: a protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial |
topic | Complementary Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10476120/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37652590 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-068129 |
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