Recruiting

Electroacupuncture & Laser Therapy

Sponsor:

Logan College of Chiropractic

Code:

NCT00618878

Conditions

Chronic Neck Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Electroacupuncture

Laser Therapy

Study Details

Brief summary:

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

Conditions

Chronic Neck Pain

Study ID

NCT00618878

Start date

Oct, 2008

Status verified date

Oct, 2008

Completion date

Feb, 2010

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2010

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

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

Study Design

Enrollment

20 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: 1

Electroacupuncture

active comparator: 2

Laser Therapy

Interventions

Electroacupuncture

twice a week for 26 treatments in total

Laser Therapy

twice a week for a total of 26 treatments

Primary outcome measure

  • Neck Pain Disability Index Questionnaire, Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire, Revised Oswestry Pain Questionnaire [ Time Frame: within 30 days of the last treatment ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

John Zhang, MD, PhD

636-227-2100john.zhang@logan.edu

Locations

Logan College of Chiropractc

Recruiting

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States, 63017

Principal Investigator:

John Zhang, MD, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Last update posted

Oct 17, 2008

Last verified

Oct, 2008

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Logan College of Chiropractic on 2008-10-17.