TY - JOUR
T1 - Acupuncture Treatment of Lateral Elbow Pain
T2 - A Nonrandomized Pilot Study
AU - Liu, Yan Song
AU - Gadau, Marcus
AU - Zhang, Guo Xue
AU - Liu, Hao
AU - Wang, Fu Chun
AU - Zaslawski, Christopher
AU - Li, Tie
AU - Tan, Yuan Sheng
AU - Berle, Christine
AU - Li, Wei Hong
AU - Bangrazi, Sergio
AU - Liguori, Stefano
AU - ZHANG, Shi Ping
N1 - This study was supported by the Chinese National Key Basic Research and Development Program (Grant 973) entitled Efficacy and Mechanism of Different Acupuncture Protocols (no. 2011CB505204). Marcus Gadau was supported by the UGC’s Hong Kong PhD fellowship Scheme 2013/14 (PF12-16701). This study was partially supported by HKBU faculty research grants to Shi-Ping Zhang (FRG1/14-15/056).
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In planning for a large-scale multicenter trial to evaluate the effect of acupuncture for the treatment of lateral elbow pain, a pilot study was conducted. This was a prospective, investigator- and patient-blinded, nonrandomized, placebo controlled trial. Subjects were evaluated at baseline, before fourth, seventh, and ninth treatment, and at a two-week posttreatment follow-up. The treatment group received unilateral acupuncture at LI 10 and LI 11 at the affected side with manual needle manipulation; the control group received sham-laser acupuncture at the same acupoints. Measures included (i) disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand (DASH) questionnaire, (ii) pain-free grip strength (PFGS), and (iii) a visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain. Significant differences in DASH score, PFGS, and VAS between treatment and control group were found at the ninth treatment (n = 20 for each group, P < 0.05). Only DASH showed significant differences compared to the control for all the measurement time points after treatment commenced and appears to be a sensitive and appropriate primary outcome measure for the future multisite trial. Results from this pilot study provided relevant information about treatment efficacy, credibility of control treatment, and sensitivity of different outcome measures for the planning of the future trial.
AB - In planning for a large-scale multicenter trial to evaluate the effect of acupuncture for the treatment of lateral elbow pain, a pilot study was conducted. This was a prospective, investigator- and patient-blinded, nonrandomized, placebo controlled trial. Subjects were evaluated at baseline, before fourth, seventh, and ninth treatment, and at a two-week posttreatment follow-up. The treatment group received unilateral acupuncture at LI 10 and LI 11 at the affected side with manual needle manipulation; the control group received sham-laser acupuncture at the same acupoints. Measures included (i) disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand (DASH) questionnaire, (ii) pain-free grip strength (PFGS), and (iii) a visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain. Significant differences in DASH score, PFGS, and VAS between treatment and control group were found at the ninth treatment (n = 20 for each group, P < 0.05). Only DASH showed significant differences compared to the control for all the measurement time points after treatment commenced and appears to be a sensitive and appropriate primary outcome measure for the future multisite trial. Results from this pilot study provided relevant information about treatment efficacy, credibility of control treatment, and sensitivity of different outcome measures for the planning of the future trial.
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U2 - 10.1155/2016/8182071
DO - 10.1155/2016/8182071
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:84960981907
SN - 1741-427X
VL - 2016
JO - Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
JF - Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
M1 - 8182071
ER -