NCT06509841

The Impact of Jiaji Electroacupuncture and Scalp Electroacupuncture on Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

The Impact of Jiaji Electroacupuncture and Scalp Electroacupuncture on Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hangzhou Medical College · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Spinal cord injury (SCI), leads to functional deficits and complications like neurogenic bladder and deep vein thrombosis, imposing a global annual financial burden. This trial aims to compares Jiaji electroacupuncture (JEA) and scalp electroacupuncture (SEA) in SCI rehabilitation. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) compared JEA and SEA in SCI rehabilitation.

Detailed description

The motor function score, light touch score, and pinprick sensation score of both groups showed significant improvement ( P \< 0.001). When comparing Group A and Group B, there was no statistically significant difference in ASIA grade improvement at week 4 ( P \> 0.05), but at week 8 and the 3-month follow-up, the proportion of ASIA grade improvement in Group A was significantly higher than that in Group B (week 8: 40.48% vs. 14.29%, P=0.007; 3-month follow-up: 47.62% vs. 21.43%, P = 0.012). At week 4, week 8, and the 3-month follow-up, Group A's motor function score, light touch score, pinprick sensation score, and MBI were all higher than those of Group B ( P \< 0.05).

Conditions

• Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Electro-acupuncture at the Jiaji points	Adopting treatments for the group that received electro-acupuncture at the Jiaji points, including: ① electro-acupuncture at the Jiaji points with continuous treatment for 8 weeks.
OTHER	Electro-acupuncture at the scalp points	Adopting treatments for the group that received electro-acupuncture at the Scalp points, including: ① electro-acupuncture at the Scalp points with continuous treatment for 8 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-01
• Primary completion: 2025-03-01
• Completion: 2025-03-30
• First posted: 2024-07-19
• Last updated: 2025-05-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China