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The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: A large number of randomized trials on the use of acupuncture to treat chronic pain have been conducted. However, there is considerable controversy regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture. We designed a randomized trial involving patients with chronic neck pain (CNP) to investigate wh...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28693563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2009-1 |
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author | Yang, Yiling Yan, Xiaoxia Deng, Hongmei Zeng, Dian Huang, Jianpeng Fu, Wenbin Xu, Nenggui Liu, Jianhua |
author_facet | Yang, Yiling Yan, Xiaoxia Deng, Hongmei Zeng, Dian Huang, Jianpeng Fu, Wenbin Xu, Nenggui Liu, Jianhua |
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description | BACKGROUND: A large number of randomized trials on the use of acupuncture to treat chronic pain have been conducted. However, there is considerable controversy regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture. We designed a randomized trial involving patients with chronic neck pain (CNP) to investigate whether acupuncture is more effective than a placebo in treating CNP. METHODS/DESIGN: A five-arm, parallel, single-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial was designed. Patients with CNP of more than 3 months’ duration are being recruited from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (China). Following examination, 175 patients will be randomized into one of five groups (35 patients in each group) as follows: a traditional acupuncture group (group A), a shallow-puncture group (group B), a non-acupoint acupuncture group (group C), a non-acupoint shallow-puncture group (group D) and a sham-puncture group (group E). The interventions will last for 20 min and will be carried out twice a week for 5 weeks. The primary outcome will be evaluated by changes in the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ). Secondary outcomes will be measured by the pain threshold, the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2), the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and diary entries. Analysis of the data will be performed at baseline, at the end of the intervention and at 3 months’ follow-up. The safety of acupuncture will be evaluated at each treatment period. DISCUSSION: The purpose of this trial is to determine whether traditional acupuncture is more effective for chronic pain relief than sham acupuncture in adults with CNP, and to determine which type of sham acupuncture is the optimal control for clinical trials. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR-IOR-15006886. Registered on 2 July 2015. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2009-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
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spelling | pubmed-55046752017-07-12 The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial Yang, Yiling Yan, Xiaoxia Deng, Hongmei Zeng, Dian Huang, Jianpeng Fu, Wenbin Xu, Nenggui Liu, Jianhua Trials Study Protocol BACKGROUND: A large number of randomized trials on the use of acupuncture to treat chronic pain have been conducted. However, there is considerable controversy regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture. We designed a randomized trial involving patients with chronic neck pain (CNP) to investigate whether acupuncture is more effective than a placebo in treating CNP. METHODS/DESIGN: A five-arm, parallel, single-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial was designed. Patients with CNP of more than 3 months’ duration are being recruited from Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (China). Following examination, 175 patients will be randomized into one of five groups (35 patients in each group) as follows: a traditional acupuncture group (group A), a shallow-puncture group (group B), a non-acupoint acupuncture group (group C), a non-acupoint shallow-puncture group (group D) and a sham-puncture group (group E). The interventions will last for 20 min and will be carried out twice a week for 5 weeks. The primary outcome will be evaluated by changes in the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ). Secondary outcomes will be measured by the pain threshold, the Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2), the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) and diary entries. Analysis of the data will be performed at baseline, at the end of the intervention and at 3 months’ follow-up. The safety of acupuncture will be evaluated at each treatment period. DISCUSSION: The purpose of this trial is to determine whether traditional acupuncture is more effective for chronic pain relief than sham acupuncture in adults with CNP, and to determine which type of sham acupuncture is the optimal control for clinical trials. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR-IOR-15006886. Registered on 2 July 2015. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2009-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2017-07-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5504675/ /pubmed/28693563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2009-1 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Study Protocol Yang, Yiling Yan, Xiaoxia Deng, Hongmei Zeng, Dian Huang, Jianpeng Fu, Wenbin Xu, Nenggui Liu, Jianhua The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
title | The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
title_full | The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
title_fullStr | The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
title_full_unstemmed | The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
title_short | The efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
title_sort | efficacy of traditional acupuncture on patients with chronic neck pain: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial |
topic | Study Protocol |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504675/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28693563 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-017-2009-1 |
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