Effectiveness and safety of fluoroscopy-guided acupuncture for subacromial impingement syndrome: A randomized, patient-assessor blind, parallel clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) is one of the most common causes of shoulder pain, and acupuncture treatment is widely used as treatment. However, no studies have examined image-guided acupuncture for SIS. This study evaluated the effectiveness and safety of low-dose X-ray guided acupuncture (LA) in patients with SIS.

Methods

A total of 54 patients with SIS were randomly allocated to the LA group and the conventional acupuncture (CA) group. Two acupuncture treatment sessions were conducted for a week, and follow up was conducted after three weeks. The primary outcome was pain intensity measured by the visual analogue scale (VAS) during the Neer and Hawkins test. The incidence rate of shoulder impingement sign, the modified Constant-Murley score (CMS) and th

SUBMITTER: Shin HR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907818 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature