Group Acupuncture for Pain

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pain

In brief

This research project will test the feasibility and effectiveness of group acupuncture for the treatment of musculoskeletal pain (back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain and/or osteoarthritis).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02328586

Run by

Beth Israel Medical Center

People needed

114

Starts

2014-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-12-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients 18 years of age or older, who understand English, are experiencing chronic musculoskeletal pain for three months or more and have not received acupuncture therapy in the past 3 months

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria will also include patients who have severe psychiatric problems as assessed by the study team (e.g., chronic interpersonal problems, cognitive impairment or active psychosis that is uncontrolled by medication that precludes the ability to provide informed consent or complete the survey instruments).

Where it is running

• The Center for Health and Healing — New York, New York, United States

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