1. Efficacy and safety of electroacupuncture in treatment of cervical spondylosis: A protocol of randomized controlled trial
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Mengrui Jia, Ke Tian, YaZhou Zhou, WenGang Wang, and Hui Huang
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Electroacupuncture ,medicine.medical_treatment ,law.invention ,03 medical and health sciences ,Disability Evaluation ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Study Protocol Clinical Trial ,electroacupuncture ,Cervical spondylosis ,medicine ,Acupuncture ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Prospective Studies ,protocol ,Young adult ,Prospective cohort study ,Radiculopathy ,Aged ,Pain Measurement ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ,cervical spondylotic radiculopathy ,Neck Pain ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Clinical research ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Treatment Outcome ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,randomized controlled trial ,Physical therapy ,Cervical Vertebrae ,Female ,Spondylosis ,business ,Cervical vertebrae ,Follow-Up Studies ,Research Article - Abstract
Background: Cervical Spondylotic radiculopathy (CSR) is the most common spinal degenerative disease. Its clinical manifestations are pain and numbness in the neck and arm and limitation of neck movement, which greatly affects the life and work of patients. Acupuncture and electroacupuncture are commonly used in China, the efficacy of acupuncture has been confirmed. Existing evidence shows that electroacupuncture seems to be better than acupuncture, but there is a lack of clinical research to directly compare the two. Methods: This is a prospective randomized controlled trial to compare the efficacy of electroacupuncture and acupuncture in the treatment of CSR and to explore the safety and potential mechanism of electroacupuncture in the treatment of CSR. Approved by the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of our hospital, the patients are randomly divided into an experimental group (electroacupuncture group) or control group (acupuncture group). The patients are followed up for 30 days after 4 weeks of treatment. Observation indexes included VAS score, Neck Disability Index, Yasuhisa Tanaka 20 Score Scale, adverse reactions and so on. Finally, the data will be analyzed by SPSS 18.0 software. Discussion: This study will directly compare the advantages and disadvantages of electroacupuncture and acupuncture in the treatment of CSR. The results of this study will help to guide patients with CSR to choose appropriate treatment. Trial registration: OSF Registration number: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/9MKPN
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- 2021