Electroacupuncture and Laser Therapy on Neck Pain

Logan College of Chiropractic

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Chronic Neck Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Laser Therapy; Procedure: Electroacupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00618878

RD0423070088

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study examines the use of electroacupuncture and laser therapy to treat chronic neck pain.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• people with chronic neck pain, participants with a VAS level between 3 and 10 will be included in the study

Exclusion criteria

• history of cancer, tuberculosis, pacemaker usage, pregnancy, hemophilia, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Active Comparator group

Description:

Electroacupuncture

Treatment:

Procedure: Electroacupuncture

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Laser Therapy

Treatment:

Procedure: Laser Therapy