Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic LBP, RCT, Single Blinded

Phase 3UnknownNCT00353847

Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine50 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether acupuncture is effective and safe in the treatment of chronic LBP.

The purpose of this study is as follows: 1. pain : VAS 2. Function : Roland Disability Scale 3. Side effect 4. Validity

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

AcupunctureDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Having chronic, non-specific, LBP of at least 3 months' duration over 20 years old. * Back pain must be the chief complaint * Having normal neurological test * Having signature voluntarily an IRB-approved consent form at enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * Potential spinal disease (e.g. a spinal tumor, infection or fracture etc) * Other diseases (e.g. bleeding disease, dementia,epilepsy, neurogenic disorder etc) * Planned or got lumbar surgery * The prior use of acupuncture within the past 6 months * Inflammatory arthritis * The current use of systematic corticosteroids, narcotics, anticoagulants, muscle relaxants * The involvement in legal problem related to LBP * Refusal to be randomized

Locations (1)

Wonkwang University Hospital

Gwangju, Gwangju, South Korea

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Visual Analogue Scale, RDQ scale

Secondary Outcomes

Patient Global Assessment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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