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

Hangzhou Medical College

Status: Completed

Conditions: Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

Treatments: Other: Electro-acupuncture at the Jiaji points; Other: Electro-acupuncture at the scalp points

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06509841

202401

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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).

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. The duration of spinal cord injury must be between 3 to 6 months;
2. The site of injury must be clearly defined;
3. The cause of injury must be traumatic;
4. Patients must be over 18 years of age;
5. Patients must provide consent to participate in this study.

Exclusion criteria

1. Unknown time or site of injury;
2. Disagreement to participate in this study;
3. Patients with contraindications for acupuncture intervention (such as skin lesions or rashes at potential acupuncture sites);
4. Patients with cognitive or language impairments who are unable to cooperate with scale evaluations.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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84 participants in 2 patient groups

Scalp electro-acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

Recruiting patients receiving electro-acupuncture at the Scalp points

Treatment:

Other: Electro-acupuncture at the scalp points

Jiaji electro-acupuncture

Experimental group

Description:

Recruited patients receiving electro-acupuncture at the Jiaji points

Treatment:

Other: Electro-acupuncture at the Jiaji points