NCT01733914

Contralateral Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Shoulder Pain

Phase II Study of Contralateral Acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Shoulder Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Peking University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

According to traditional Chinese medical theories, a variety of acupuncture formulas can treat diseases such as pain. For example, stimulating acupoints either local or distal to the pain site has been proposed under some conditions. We hypothesize that stimulating acupoints contralateral to the pain site can successfully treat chronic shoulder pain.

Conditions

• Shoulder Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Acupuncture	Acupuncture in the following acupoints on the contralateral side of pain site: Jiantong, Zhongzhu, Houxi, and Quchi. The patient will receive 5 treatments (each lasts 30 min) per week for four weeks.
OTHER	Control	Patients in the waiting list group received conventional orthopaedic therapy including physical exercise, heat or cold therapy. 50 mg diclofenac daily could be taken when the patient suffered from the pain. Injections or cortisone applications of any kind were not allowed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2013-04-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2012-11-27
• Last updated: 2015-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China