The Efficacy and Safety of Early MSAT on Radiating Pain in the Upper Extremity

NCT06086899 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: JS-CT-2023-06
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is a double blind, randomized controlled trail. condition/disease: radiating pain in the upper extremity. treatment/intervention: motion style acupuncture treatment

Conditions

Radiating Pain in the Upper Extremity

Keywords

Motion Style Acupuncture Treatment; Radiating pain

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Numeric Rating Scale(NRS) of radiating pain

  NRS is a pain scale in which the patient indicates their subjective pain as a whole number from 0 to 10. The participant is asked to report their leg pain and discomfort using NRS, where 0 indicates 'no pain or discomfort' and 10 indicates 'the most severe pain and discomfort imaginable'.

  Screening, Baseline(day2), day3, day4, day5, Discharge 1 day, 1month after enrollment, 3month after enrollment

Secondary Outcomes (7)

• Location of Radiating pain

  Baseline(day2), day3, day4, day5, Discharge 1 day, 1month after enrollment, 3month after enrollment

• VAS of Radiating pain

  Baseline(day2), day3, day4, day5, Discharge 1 day, 1month after enrollment, 3month after enrollment

• C-SPINE MRI

  Taken within ±14 days of hospitalization

• NRS of Neck pain

  Baseline(day2), day3, day4, day5, Discharge 1 day, 1month after enrollment, 3month after enrollment

• NDI

  Baseline(day2), day5, Discharge 1 day, 1month after enrollment, 3month after enrollment

Study Arms (2)

Cervical motion style acupuncture treatment(Trapezius, Rhomboid, Scalene)

EXPERIMENTAL

The MSAT group recieved 3 sessions of MSAT; on second, third, fourth day after hospitalization. A trained doctor of Korean medicine with at least 3 years of clinical experience conducted the MSAT. The MSAT group were also treated with other Korean medical treatment everyday: acupuncture, chuna, pharmacoacupuncture and Korean herbal medicine.

Procedure: Cervical motion style acupuncture treatment(Trapezius, Rhomboid, Scalene); Procedure: Korean medical treatment

Korean medical treatment

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group were received Korean medical treatment everyday after hospitalization: acupuncture, chuna, pharmacoacupuncture and Korean herbal medicine.

Procedure: Korean medical treatment

Interventions

Cervical motion style acupuncture treatment(Trapezius, Rhomboid, Scalene) PROCEDURE

Motion Style Acupuncture Treatment(MSAT) is a therapeutic technique using acupuncture needle created in Jaseng Hospital. This treatment involves patients with musculoskeletal pain to move the part of their body actively during acupuncture treatment under physicians' observation

Cervical motion style acupuncture treatment(Trapezius, Rhomboid, Scalene)

Korean medical treatment PROCEDURE

acupuncture treatment, chuna, pharmacoacupuncture, Korean herbal medicine

Cervical motion style acupuncture treatment(Trapezius, Rhomboid, Scalene); Korean medical treatment

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years - 69 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Patients aged 19-69 years on the date they sign the consent form.
• Patients who are suffered byradiating pain in the upper extremity that occurred within 3 days after traffic accident.
• Patients who are hospitalized due to traffic accident.
• Patients with NRS of radiating pain ≥ 5.
• Patients who provide consent to participate in the trial and return the informed consent form.

You may not qualify if:

• Patients with a specific serious disease that may cause radiating pain: malignancy, spondylitis, inflammatory spondylitis, etc.
• Patients with progressive neurological deficits or with severe neurological symptoms.
• Patients with medical history of cervical surgery or thoracic surgery within the last three weeks.
• Patients who have radiating pain in upper extremity before the traffic accident.
• Patients with a specific serious disease that may interfere with the interpretation of the therapeutic effects or results: malignancy, spondylitis, inflammatory spondylitis, etc.
• Patients who are taking steroids, immunosuppressants, mental illness drugs, or other drugs that may affect the results of the study.
• If acupuncture is inadequate or unsafe: patients with hemorrhagic, receiving anticoagulants, severe diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
• Patients who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
• Patients who are participated in clinical trials other than observational studies without therapeutic intervention.
• Patients who are difficult to complete the research participation agreement.
• Other patients whose participation in the trial is judged by a researcher to be problematic.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jaseng Medical Foundation: lead

Study Sites (1)

Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

Seoul, Gangnam-Gu, 135-896, South Korea

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• In-Hyuk Ha, phD

  Jaseng Medical Foundation

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: A Pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 12, 2023
• First Posted: October 17, 2023
• Study Start: November 6, 2023
• Primary Completion: July 30, 2024
• Study Completion: December 30, 2024
• Last Updated: September 4, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

KR (1)