Efficacy and safety of polydioxanone thread embedded at specific acupoints for non-specific chronic neck pain: a study protocol for a randomized, subject-assessor-blinded, sham-controlled pilot trial

Efficacy and safety of polydioxanone thread embedded at specific acupoints for non-specific chronic neck pain: a study protocol for a randomized, subject-assessor-blinded, sham-controlled pilot trial

Abstract Background This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of thread-embedding acupuncture (TEA) with polydioxanone thread embedded at various acupoints, compared with sham TEA, for the treatment of non-specific chronic neck pain. Methods/design This study will be an 8-week-long, two-ar...

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Main Authors: Eunseok Kim, Hye Su Kim, So-Young Jung, Chang Hyun Han, Young-Il Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Chronic neck pain
Polydioxanone
Thread-embedding acupuncture
Efficacy
Randomized sham-controlled trial
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-3058-9

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