Clinical Trial of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Shoulder and Neck Pain

Abstract

To make clear the usefulness of acupuncture, we conducted acupuncture and local injection and compared the effectiveness, with 33 patients who had neck pain. In the result, the acupuncture group showed significantly better results for the effect at immediately after treatment and the effect from sequential treatment, and the sustained effect after treatment. From these results, acupuncture considering the subjective pain point is thought to be a more useful treatment, even if compared with local injection that is generally viewed as valid.