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| University of Maryland | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Experimental | Experimental group |
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| Waiting list | Sham Comparator | Control group |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acupuncture | Procedure | 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. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Visual analogue scale (VAS) | Pain assessment | before and 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The MOS item short from health survey (SF-36) | Quality of life assessment | before and 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start |
| Constant-Murley score | shoulder motion score |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ming Yi, PhD | Peking University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Province Hospital of Integrative Chinese and Western Medicine, Sichuan | Chengdu | Sichuan | 100191 | China |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 26795764 | Derived | Zhang H, Sun J, Wang C, Yu C, Wang W, Zhang M, Lao L, Yi M, Wan Y. Randomised controlled trial of contralateral manual acupuncture for the relief of chronic shoulder pain. Acupunct Med. 2016 Jun;34(3):164-70. doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2015-010947. Epub 2016 Jan 21. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D020069 | Shoulder Pain |
| ID | Term |
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| D018771 | Arthralgia |
| D007592 | Joint Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D010146 | Pain |
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| ID | Term |
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| D015670 | Acupuncture Therapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Control | Other | 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. |
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| before and 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start |
| DASH score | before and 2, 4, 8 and 16 weeks after treatment start |
| D009461 |
| Neurologic Manifestations |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |