NCT01205958

The Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain

Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Effect of East-West Collaborative Medicine on Chronic Cervical Pain: a Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Kyunghee University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of East-West collaborative medicine on chronic cervical pain.

Detailed description

Design: This is a randomized, controlled study. Participants: 45 participants with chronic cervical pain are recruited and randomly assigned to three groups. Intervention: Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Conditions

• Chronic Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	acupuncture	Over an three-week period, one group(n=15) gets western medicine treatment(drug medication); another group(n=15) gets oriental medicine treatment(individualized needling 2-3 times a week); the other group(n=15) gets western medicine plus oriental medicine treatment for 3 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2011-02-01
• First posted: 2010-09-21
• Last updated: 2010-09-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea