Clinical trial NCT06847945: Observation on the Curative Effect of Acupuncture At Sensitized Points on Gallbladder Meridian in the Treatment of Neck Type Cervical Spondylopathy
Official title: Changes of Acupoint Sensitization Characteristics on Gallbladder Meridian and Acupuncture Intervention Effect in Patients with Cervical Spondylosis
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cervical Spondylopathy
Lead sponsor: The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-26
Enrollment: 80
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To investigate the changes of acupoint sensitization characteristics of patients with Neck Type Cervical Spondylopathy through Gallbladder meridian observe the curative effect of acupuncture intervention and optimize the clinical diagnosis and treatment plan of acupuncture treatment of Neck Type Cervical Spondylopathy


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Meeting the diagnostic criteria of Neck Type Cervical Spondylopathy.
* Age 18 to 65 years old gender is not limited.
* Clear awareness good compliance willing to cooperate with the study and accept the experimental arrangement.
* Physical examination may or may not be accompanied by positive signs of the musculoskeletal system (including limited motor function local tender points etc.).
* The visual analogue Scale (VAS) score was more than 3 points and less than 7 points (ranging from 0 to 10 points).
* Informed consent and sign informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

* It does not meet the diagnostic criteria and inclusion criteria of cervical spondylosis.
* Under 18 years of age or over 65 years of age;
* 2 weeks before the start of the experiment the relevant treatment of the disease or the use of relevant therapeutic drugs;
* Patients with other types of cervical spondylosis (cervical radiculopathy vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis cervical myelopathy sympathetic cervical spondylosis) or with other serious organic diseases and patients with neck and shoulder pain caused by non-neck diseases;
* Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular liver kidney digestive system blood system and other serious life-threatening primary diseases or suffering from hemorrhagic diseases or skin diseases or pregnant or lactating women or have a history of cardiac pacemaker implantation;
* Previous history of neck surgery or neck fracture;
* Persons with confusion mental disorder or cognitive impairment;
* The skin at the test site has scars redness swelling heat and pain that affect the test result.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Visual Analogue Scale
timeFrame: Before the start of treatment, immediately after the end of the third treatment, and four weeks after follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: musculoskeletal ultrasound detection of cervical
timeFrame: Before the start of treatment, immediately after the end of the third treatment
measure: Pressure pain threshold
timeFrame: Before the start of treatment, immediately after the end of the third treatment, and four weeks after follow-up
measure: The Neck Disability Index
timeFrame: Before the start of treatment, immediately after the end of the third treatment, and four weeks after follow-up
measure: Cervical range of motion scale
timeFrame: Before the start of treatment, immediately after the end of the third treatment, and four weeks after follow-up
measure: The 12 items Short Form Health Survey
timeFrame: Before the start of treatment, immediately after the end of the third treatment, and four weeks after follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Hangzhou
country: China
facility: The Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University
Study officials:
affiliation: The Third Affiliated hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
name: Chaoran Li
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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