Remote Fu's Subcutaneous Needling for Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT03605576
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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)
This is a randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of Fu's subcutaneous needle (FSN) and Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on chronic neck pain by using more objective assessment tools such as Neck Disability Index, Visual Analog Scales, Pressure Pain Threshold and Myotone of MTrPs of Upper Trapezius Muscles, Range of Motion of Stretch of Upper Trapezius Muscle, and Pittsburgh sleep quality index.
Study details
- Official title
- Effect on Symptomatic Release and Sleep Quality of Remote Fu's Subcutaneous Needling on Patients With Chronic Neck Pain
- Conditions
- Chronic Neck Pain
- Sleep Quality
- Interventions
- Procedure: Fu's subcutaneous needling
- Procedure: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
- Start date
- 2018-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2019-02-28
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Having chronic neck pain for more than 2 months and subjective subjective pain intensity (VAS) greater than 5 points. * Patients with myofascial pain diagnosed with unilateral upper trapezius muscle. * This pain is not effective for previous medication or physical therapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications for general treatment, such as serious medical problems, recent trauma, or pregnancy. * There has been a history of drug abuse (including excess alcohol) that affects pain assessors. * Have received neck, upper back, or upper and lower limb surgery. * People with central or peripheral nerve disease. * Cognitive dysfunction cannot be matched with the experimenter. * People with cardiac pacemakers, epilepsy, etc. cannot place electrode patches on the skin.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03605576