Trial name or title |
Acupuncture as analgesia for non‐emergent acute non‐specific neck pain, ankle sprain and primary headache in an emergency department setting: a protocol for a parallel‐group, randomised, controlled pilot trial |
Methods |
Protocol for RCT |
Participants |
40 patients with non‐emergent acute neck pain, ankle sprain or primary headache |
Interventions |
Acupuncture + standard emergency department care vs same |
Outcomes |
Numeric Rating Scale for pain (NRS), Neck Disability Index (NDI), participant‐reported overall improvement |
Starting date |
‐‐ |
Contact information |
‐‐ |
Notes |
To be determined if number of participants with neck pain is sufficient and extractable data are available and/or if primary headaches are of cervical origin |