Trial reportChinese journal of integrative medicine2009
Analysis on the effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types.
Trial report in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07559279 (The Potential Efficacy Of Jin's Three-Needle Technique Combined With Electroacupuncture In Managing Pain And Improving Cervical Active Range Of Motion In 104 Patients With Cervical Spondylosis And Blood Stasis Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Potential Efficacy Of Jin's Three-Needle Technique Combined With Electroacupuncture In Managing Pain And Improving Cervical Active Range Of Motion In 104 Patients With Cervical Spondylosis And Blood Stasis Syndrome: A Randomized, Single-Blind, Controlled Trial
Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- WITHDRAWN: Acupuncture for neck disorders.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2016Pooled it
- Acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain: A meta-analysis and meta-regression of sham-controlled randomized clinical trials.Scientific reports · 2016Pooled it
- Traditional Chinese medicine for neck pain and low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2015Pooled it
- Wet Cupping Therapy Improves Local Blood Perfusion and Analgesic Effects in Patients with Nerve-Root Type Cervical Spondylosis.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2018Trial
- Kinematic effect of Chinese herbal fomentation on patients with chronic neck pain.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2014Trial
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- Effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine combined with Chinese massage therapy for enhancing cervical function in cervical spondylosis: a meta-analysis.American journal of translational research · 2025Review
- The efficacy of acupuncture therapies in cervical spondylotic radiculopathy: A network meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Retracted: Effect of Sham Acupuncture on Chronic Pain: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Application of Wearable Sensors in the Treatment of Cervical Spondylosis Radiculopathy with Acupuncture.Journal of healthcare engineering · 2022Article
- Issues of design and statistical analysis in controlled clinical acupuncture trials: an analysis of English-language reports from Western journals.Statistics in medicine · 2012Article
- Chinese medicine pattern differentiation and its implications for clinical practice.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2011Review
- An innovative method to accommodate Chinese medicine pattern diagnosis within the framework of evidence-based medical research.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2011Article
- Parallel subgroup design of a randomized controlled clinical trial-comparing the approaches of Chinese medicine and Western medicine.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2010Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo observe the clinical effect of acupuncture in treating cervical spondylosis with different syndrome types.
methodsOne hundred and seventeen patients were randomized into the treated group: (59 cases), treated with normal acupuncture, and the control group (58 cases), treated with sham acupuncture, operated once every other day, 9 times in total (in 18 days) as one therapeutic course, and a succeeding 3-month follow-up study was carried out after terminating the therapy. The efficacy of treatment was evaluated with the Northwick Park Neck Pain Questionnaire (NPQ) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), and the scores gained in patients with different syndrome types were analyzed with a general linear model.
resultsThe NPQ and VAS: scores showed a linear decreasing tendency in both groups at the time of ending treatment and the 1st month of follow-up, but showed a secondary curve increasing tendency in the 3rd month of follow-up. Multivariate analysis showed the difference was of statistical significance (P<0.05). However, the analysis through lead-in of syndrome type as an individual influencing factor showed that syndrome type exerts a significant influence on VAS score (P<0.05), but has insignificant influence on the NPQ score (P>0.05).
conclusionAcupuncture shows: good immediate effect in treating cervical spondylosis, but its long-term effect is not satisfactory. The difference in syndrome type may have some impact on the effects of acupuncture in alleviating pain, but exerts no evident influence on the comprehensive effect.
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