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NCT05558657
Effect of Acupressure on Constipation in Community-dwelling Spinal Cord Injury Patients: a Randomized Controlled Trial
NA trial testing Home-based, acupressure combined with nursing education in Spinal Cord Injuries in 80 participants. Completed in 30 September 2024.
30 September 2024
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Completed |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | none |
| Primary purpose | treatment |
| Enrollment | 80 |
| Start date | 1 March 2023 |
| Primary completion | 30 September 2024 |
| Estimated completion | 30 September 2024 |
| Sites | 1 location across Hong Kong |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Home-based, acupressure combined with nursing education
- Home-based, manual light touch of the abdomen combined with nursing education
Conditions studied
- Spinal Cord Injuries — all drugs for Spinal Cord Injuries →
- Traditional Chinese Medicine — all drugs for Traditional Chinese Medicine →
Sponsor
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Who can join
18 and older, any sex, with Spinal Cord Injuries or Traditional Chinese Medicine. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Spinal cord injury is a multi-sensory, motor and autonomic dysfunction, caused by various types of acute and chronic central nervous system injuries. And it will affect patient's ability to live normally and return to society. Due to lack of physical activity and psychological and environmental factors, the feces remain in the intestine for too long, and there will be excessive water absorption and lead to dryness and difficulty in excretion and it will be constipation. Chinese medicine, acupuncture and acupressure are the treatments of constipation in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupressure is a non- invasive intervention which is easy to learn and apply. We have carried out a number of studies on spinal cord injury rehabilitation support and acupressure to solve chronic problems such as constipation and anxiety. And this study aims to investigate the effects of acupressure combined with nursing intervention on constipation and quality of life in community-dwelling spinal cord injury patients.
Publications & conference data
2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Combining Therapeutic Strategies to Treat the Injured Spinal Cord: A Translational Perspective.
Sherman BC, Schmidt Read M, Hoh DJ, Guest JD, et al · · 2025 · cited 2× · PMID 40929022 · DOI 10.1177/08977151251371710 -
Home-based acupressure for managing constipation and subjective well-being in spinal cord injury survivors: A randomized controlled trial.
Li MQ, Li Y, Lam W, Yeung WF, et al · · 2025 · PMID 40846520 · DOI 10.1016/j.joim.2025.08.001
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- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05558657 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Last refreshed: 10 October 2024
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