Acupoint Focused Ultrasound Versus Laserpuncture In Mechanical Neck Pain (MNP)

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: Acupoint focused ultrasound; Other: Laserpuncture; Other: conventional treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05782621

P.T.REC/012/004126

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full 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.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All subjects will be referred by the orthopedist. Cervical pain is episodic chronic, having occurred and recurred over regular or irregular intervals of time over at least the last 3 months.

The subject is willing and able to refrain from non-study procedure therapies for the management of neck pain throughout study participation.

Age ranged from 30-60 years BMI ranged from (25-30kg/m2)

Exclusion criteria

Cervical pain is undiagnosed or has been diagnosed as being other than of benign musculoskeletal origin.

Tension myositis syndrome. Osteoporosis with compression fractures. Congenital deformity of spine. Current active chronic pain disease. Cancer or cancer treatment in the past 6 months. Use of the following analgesics within 7 days of study onset - paracetamol, acetominophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), compound analgesics, topical analgesics.

Use of the following muscle relaxants within the prior 30 days of study onset - cyclobenzaprine, diazepam, meprobamate.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

Acupoint focused ultrasound

Experimental group

Description:

the patients will receive Acupoint focused ultrasound therapy three times a week for four weeks

Treatment:

Other: Acupoint focused ultrasound

Other: conventional treatment

Laserpuncture

Experimental group

Description:

the patients will receive Laserpuncture therapy three times a week for four weeks

Treatment:

Other: Laserpuncture

Other: conventional treatment

conventional treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

the patients will receive conventional treatment three times a week for four weeks

Treatment:

Other: conventional treatment