Cervical Dystonia
Conditions
Interventions
Western medicine section:Inject freeze-dried crystal botulinum toxin type A
Acupuncture and moxibustion group:electric acupuncture
Sponsors
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Meeting the diagnostic criteria of spastic torticollis; 2)Age 16-65 years old gender is not limited; 3) The course of disease is less than or equal to 1 year; 4) If the oral antispasticity drug is not effective at least 3 months from the last oral drug treatment; 5)All patients had not received local injection of botulinum toxin type A before or more than 3 months after the last botulinum toxin treatment could be enrolled in the study; 6) Voluntarily sign the informed consent of the trial and can cooperate with and adhere to acupuncture treatment. Note: Only those with the above 6 items can be included in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) If the head MRI or CT cervical CT or plain film examination found that there are organic diseases of the skull and neck; 2) Secondary spasmodic torticollis and other dystonic diseases caused by drugs injuries tumors etc.; 3) Patients with severe spastic torticollis were excluded; 4) The interval between the last injection of Botox is less than 3 months or it is still effective. 5)Patients who had received selective radiculotomy cervical muscle amputation and pallidectomy were not included in this study; Have serious heart liver lung kidney and other internal diseases. Note: Patients meeting any of the above criteria were excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Tsui scale;Ultrasonics;fMRI;West Toronto spastic Torticollis Scale;Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Scale;Surface electromyography; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZhang Jinjing
The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed