Chronic neck pain
Conditions
Sponsors
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Tradition Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Aged 18 to 60 years; neck pain recurred or lasted for more than 3 months, accompanying with the positive signs of the physical examination including the movement function limited; VAS score of >=2; never received acupuncture, moxibustion, cupping or other TCM treatments and willing to participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: With a history of neck trauma or cervical intervertebral disc hernia accompanying with the nerve symptoms; have a fracture spine disease or infectious inflammatory autoimmune diseases; congenital vertebral anomalies; compression fractures; other diseases such as cerebrovascular disease, leukemia, thrombocytopenia with bleeding tendency, severe neurosis, and osteoporosis; pregnancy and unable to provide self-care.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| NPQ neck pain scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS;McGill pain scale;pain threshold; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJIanhua Liu
Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Tradition Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed