Sinew Acupuncture for Neck Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02834702
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The study aims to examine the efficacy and safety of sinew acupuncture for chronic mechanical neck pain (CMNP).
Study details
- Official title
- Sinew Acupuncture for Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain: a Randomized Assessor-blind Sham-controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Device: Sinew acupuncture
- Device: Sham acupuncture
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
- Start date
- 2018-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-12
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * (1) aged 18 years or above; (2) able to read and write Chinese; (3) the pain is located between the neck and shoulder regions and movement or palpation of the cervical region provokes the symptoms (18); (4) the pain has persisted for more than 3 months; (5) VAS (0 to 100 mm) pain score is ≥30 mm at baseline assessment; (6) no treatments (Chinese medicine, acupuncture, moxibustion, physiotherapies, medications, etc) intended for pain management have been received within the preceding two weeks. Exclusion Criteria: * (1) a history of fracture or surgery to the neck; (2) malignant tumor; (3) cervical congenital abnormality; (4) a severe psychiatric illness; (5) needle phobia; (6) acupuncture treatment in the preceding 3 months, and (7) other acupuncture contraindications as indicated in Hospital Authority Guideline on Safety in Acupuncture for Chinese Medicine Practitioners (Quality and Risk Sub-Committee, Hospital Authority, 2010).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02834702