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Name Shogo Miyazaki
Belonging department Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion,Faculty of Health Care
Occupation name Professor
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Clinical effectiveness of trigger point acupuncture on chronic neck and shoulder pain (katakori) with work productivity loss in office workers: a randomized clinical trial（肩こり労働者のためのトリガ―ポイントはり治療の効果検証）

					

					

						

							

								

									
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Joint Author

					

					

						

							

								

									
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TrPA up to 4 times per month reduced the intensity of neck and shoulder pain (katakori) by 20% and improved labor productivity (relative presenteeism value) by 0.25 compared with the notreatment control group over a 1-month period. Moreover, the difference in labor losses incurred by companies due to neck and shoulder pain (katakori) was revealed to be JPY 756 065 per female worker per year.

					

					

						

							

								

									
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Journal of occupational health (J Occup Health)

					

					

						

							

								

									
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202401