Chronic neck and shoulder disease
Conditions
Interventions
Control Group:Routine Care. Pain Management: 1.Observe the nature, location, duration, and severity of the patient's pain, and conduct pain assessment
2) Reduce or limit factors that increase pain
3) Guide the patient to assume a comfortable position to further alleviate pain
4) Strictly follow medical advice for pain medication, and monitor the effects and adverse reactions after administration. Life Care: 1) Avoid prolonged activities
2) Choose a pillow suitable for oneself
during sleep, the pillow should not be too high, and the head and neck should remain in a straight line to avoid distorted body posture during sleep
3) Strengthen neck warmth to prevent invasion by cold, dampness, and wind
4) Avoid neck injuries, such as sudden head turns or emergency braking while driving. Functional Exercise Guidance: 1) Patients in the acute phase should avoid functional exercises to prevent sympto
2. Guide patients to perform exercises such as Looking Up at the Sky, Stretching the Neck to Gaze at the Moon, and Neck-Arm Resistance, twice or three times daily, with two or three sets of actions ea
3. After recovery, patients need to persist in long-term neck fitness exercises, such as Chest Expansion, Neck-Arm Resistance, and Neck "Character" exercises, to prevent recurrence
4. Neck functional exercises should be progressive and should not exceed the neck's activity tolerance.
Observation group:In the control group, the Fire Dragon Canister Comprehensive Moxibustion intervention was implemented. The procedure was carried out by TCM specialized nurses who had undergone profe
Sponsors
Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. diagnostic criteria. TCM diagnostic criteria: Patients must meet the diagnostic criteria for cervical spondylosis as defined in the "Diagnostic and Efficacy Criteria for TCM Syndromes" issued by the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2017. Western medicine diagnostic criteria: Patients must meet the diagnostic criteria for neck and shoulder pain as referenced in the 2016 edition of "TCM Orthopedics," including persistent self-reported neck pain, soreness, stiffness, restricted cervical mobility, and/or symptoms such as mental fatigue, weakness, shoulder and back pain, and dizziness; 2. Patients must have high treatment compliance and be willing to actively cooperate with the treatment; 3. Patients participating in the study must not have received any treatment related to neck and shoulder pain in the past week; 4. Patients must voluntarily enroll and sign an informed consent form; 5. Patients must be between 25 and 65 years of age; 6. Patients must have a certain level of literacy and the ability to understand written materials.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Congenital malformations of the cervical vertebrae; 2. Acute trauma to the cervical spine; 3. Presence of bone or skeletal injuries; 4. Patients allergic to moxa smoke.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual Analog Scale;Symptom and sign scoring; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnare;University of California at Los Angeles;36-Item Short Form Health Survey Second Edition; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactLiang Yan
Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed