Phase-specific sequential press-needle therapy for menstrual migraine: a randomized trial protocol
Kun Hong, Xingyan Yang, Xiaomei Long, Xuemei Li, Lijuan Liu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Luhong Yu, Xue Fu, Zuoqin Yang, Xingping Xiao · 2026
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Description
Migraines that ride the menstrual cycle are common and hard to treat, and Kun Hong led a team that lays out a trial of press-needle therapy timed to the cycle. Seventy-six women aged eighteen to forty-five will be split at random between the needle treatment and a standard pain drug, naproxen. The needles, tiny and left in place at set points, are applied in rounds before and after each period, over three cycles.
The main yardstick is the change in days per cycle with at least moderate headache pain. Secondary measures cover pain strength, life quality, rescue drug use, and heart rhythm signs, with blood markers and brain scans as extras. The protocol is a pilot: its numbers will size a later, larger trial.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Kun Hong, Xingyan Yang, Xiaomei Long, Xuemei Li, Lijuan Liu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Luhong Yu, Xue Fu, Zuoqin Yang, Xingping Xiao |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 77 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |