NCT05782621

Acupoint Focused Ultrasound Versus Laserpuncture In Mechanical Neck Pain

Acupoint Focused Ultrasound Versus Laserpuncture In Chronic Mechanical Neck Pain

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

this study will be conducted to compare the effect of Acupoint focused ultrasound and Laser puncture on pain intensity level, neck range of motion, and neck function in patient with chronic mechanical neck pain

Detailed description

Neck pain is a musculoskeletal condition with a high prevalence that may affect the physical, social, and psychological aspects of the individual, contributing to the increase in costs in society and business. Neck pain was significantly associated with repetitive movement, activities that require lifting and moving loads, and being in sitting and leaning positions.Non specific neck pain is a multifactorial and very common condition in adult individuals, traditional acupuncture (TA) and laser puncture (LP) may be treatment options for certain individuals in such a condition. The laser will be placed at the specific acupuncture points: Tianzhu, Fengchi, Jianjing, and Jianzhongshu . Because ultrasound can deliver vibration energy to soft tissues noninvasively, ultrasound has been applied to diagnostic imaging and therapeutic applications. To use ultrasound for acupoint stimulation, a stimulation device was developed using focused ultrasound. The application of an ultrasound stimulus to the acupuncture meridian system has been found safe and effective in many common clinical entities. The Sonicator head is applied to the chosen location as in standard ultrasound therapy, with a gentle circular motion. forty five patients will be assigned randomly to three groups; experimental group 1 will receive acupoint focused ultrasound, experimental group 2 will receive laserpuncture and the control group will receive conventional treatment three times a week for four weeks.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupoint focused ultrasound	An ultrasound beam is normally pulsed in the ratio of 1:5. For perfect transmission of power from the treatment head to the body, the head will be applied perpendicularly to the skin surface. A stationary technique pulsed ultrasound (1 w/cm2) will be used. The application will be two minutes for each acupuncture point and the head will be glided to the next point in the same side; then to the other side for no more than 10 points, then the device will be turned off
OTHER	Laserpuncture	The laser tip (0.03 cm2 of beam area) will be positioned with the "probe" head directly on the acupuncture point, in a perpendicular position and in direct contact with the skin, and every point will be treated for 2 min, totaling 16 min of treatment, plus 4 min of rest, to standardize with the traditional acupuncture time, which is 20 min
OTHER	conventional treatment	the patients will receive selective neck strengthening ex for (extension, flexion, sidebending, lateral rotation) and selective neck stretching ex for (extension, flexion, sidebending, lateral rotation)

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-30
• Primary completion: 2023-05-30
• Completion: 2023-05-30
• First posted: 2023-03-23
• Last updated: 2023-03-23