The Evaluation of Single Acupoint Therapy to Acute Low Back Pain

Acupuncture Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Evaluation of Single Acupoint Therapy to Acute Low Back Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04328428
• Other study ID #: 202000002A3
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 28, 2020
• Est. completion date: February 12, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2020
• Source: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
• Contact: Yuan-Xin Lai, MD
• Phone: +886-3-3196200
• Email: u9802401[@]cmu.edu.tw
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Low back pain is the leading course of disability , affecting patients' health and work.

Recently, studies have reveal the fact that patients get insufficient physical activity and easily let acute stage turn to chronic type.

Although acupuncture for low back pain is worldwide popular, the mechanism of single acupoint for low back pain is still unclear.

Therefore, the aim of this study is the investigators choose the most frequent used acupoint and modified single acupoint method to assess the efficacy of single acupoint to acute low back pain.

Description:

Low back pain is the leading course of disability , affecting patients' health and work. According to the study in 2013, 8.9 percent people of the world experienced over three months low back pain.

Recently, studies have reveal the fact that patients get insufficient physical activity and easily let acute stage turn to chronic type.

Although acupuncture for low back pain is worldwide popular, the mechanism of single acupoint for low back pian is still unclear.

Therefore, the investigators choose the most frequent used acupoint and modified single acupoint method to assess the efficacy of single acupoint to acute low back pain.

The investigators would like to compare the efficacy of the modified Bladder 40 (BL40) acupuncture to single acupoint through statistical analysis.

The investigators expect that all group will alleviate low back pain. However, treatment group will have statistical difference compared with control groups.

The aim of this study is the investigators choose the most frequent used acupoint and modified single acupoint method to assess the efficacy of single acupoint to acute low back pain.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: February 12, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: February 12, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• low back pain,duration < 1 month

• accept subject consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• without X ray or MRI image

• severe trauma , fracture or spondylosis found from image ,progression neurological symptoms suspected from central nerve system, rheumatic disease, fever or infection is suspected ,weight or cancer history , pregnancy and psychiatric disorder or not able to communication .

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acupuncture
• Acute Low Back Pain
• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• acupuncture
Use one acupuncture needle insert in a acupoint.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Dept of Chinese medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital	Taoyuan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

References & Publications (6)

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Vas J, Aranda JM, Modesto M, Benítez-Parejo N, Herrera A, Martínez-Barquín DM, Aguilar I, Sánchez-Araujo M, Rivas-Ruiz F. Acupuncture in patients with acute low back pain: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial. Pain. 2012 Sep;153(9):1883-9. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.033. Epub 2012 Jul 4. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	pain measurement	use Visual Analogue Scale to measure pain intensity and algometer to measure pain threshold The minimum of Visual Analogue Scale is 0 and maximum values is 10. The higher Visual Analogue Scale mean a worse outcome . Newton is used to measure pain threshold. The higher pain threshold scores mean a better outcome .	30 minutes
Primary	range of motion measurement	measure the range of motion when lumbar extension and flexion	30 minutes