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NCT02725697 Clinical Trial

Treatment of Complaints Following Sports Injuries With Traditional Chinese Medicine

Athletic Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title:
Treatment of Acute and Chronic Complaints Following Sports Injuries With Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) by Therapists in Switzerland - a Prospective Observational Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data
NCT number NCT02725697
Other study ID # SBO-TCM 001
Secondary ID
Status Terminated
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date April 2016
Est. completion date June 2018

Study information
Verified date September 2018
Source Swiss Professional Organization for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this observational study is to investigate the treatment of complaints following sports injuries with Traditional Chinese Medicine by therapists in Switzerland.

Description:

In Switzerland, still very little is known about the treatment with TCM (acupuncture, Chinese medicinal therapy, Tuina massage, nutrition, qigong) under everyday conditions. The importance of non-medical therapists in the healthcare system is rarely investigated. It is likely that patients with chronic injuries use several therapies (including conventional medicine) in a pragmatic way. They may apply TCM either due to primary preference or because other forms of therapy fail to produce satisfactory results.

There is evidence from randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews that acupuncture can be effective in the treatment of acute and chronic back pain, chronic shoulder pain and ankle sprains.

Randomized controlled trials usually investigate a single TCM method, in which therapists or physicians are limited in the selection of acupuncture points or herbal formulas. This does not reflect the complex practice, where several TCM methods and auxiliary techniques are combined.

The investigators aim to investigate in a prospective observational study how complaints following sports injuries are treated by non-medical TCM therapists in Switzerland under everyday conditions.

Recruitment information / eligibility
Status Terminated
Enrollment 2
Est. completion date June 2018
Est. primary completion date June 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 years or older

- minimum of 3 hours sports per week

- complaints following sports injury

- first TCM treatment for this complaint

Exclusion Criteria:

- rheumatic disease

- arthrosis

- previous TCM treatment for this complaint

Study Design

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Intervention

Other:
• TCM treatment

Locations
Country Name City State
Switzerland Poliklinik für Chinesische Medizin Horgen ZH
Switzerland Praxis für TCM Zürich ZH
Switzerland proSANUS Zürich ZH

Sponsors (1)
Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Sabine Klein

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

References & Publications (5)

Klein SD, Frei-Erb M, Wolf U. Usage of complementary medicine across Switzerland: results of the Swiss Health Survey 2007. Swiss Med Wkly. 2012 Aug 15;142:w13666. doi: 10.4414/smw.2012.13666. eCollection 2012. — View Citation

Lin ZP, Chen YH, Chia F, Wu HJ, Lan LW, Lin JG. Episodes of injuries and frequent usage of traditional Chinese medicine for Taiwanese elite wrestling athletes. Am J Chin Med. 2011;39(2):233-41. — View Citation

Malone MA, Gloyer K. Complementary and alternative treatments in sports medicine. Prim Care. 2013 Dec;40(4):945-68, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2013.08.010. Epub 2013 Sep 26. Review. — View Citation

Michlig M, Ausfeld-Hafter B, Busato A. Patient satisfaction with primary care: a comparison between conventional care and traditional Chinese medicine. Complement Ther Med. 2008 Dec;16(6):350-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2007.12.001. Epub 2008 Feb 4. — View Citation

Park J, Hahn S, Park JY, Park HJ, Lee H. Acupuncture for ankle sprain: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2013 Mar 4;13:55. doi: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-55. Review. — View Citation

Outcome
Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary change in minimal and maximal pain visual analogue scale (0-10) first treatment, last treatment (max. 3 months)
Primary change in limitation during sports visual analogue scale (0-10) first treatment, last treatment (max. 3 months)
Secondary medication intake first treatment, last treatment (max. 3 months)
Secondary patient satisfaction with therapy 6 point Likert scale 6 months
Secondary number of therapeutic sessions 3 months
Secondary TCM methods applied 3 months
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