A Random Controlled Test (RCT): Acupuncture Treatment on Nonspecific Low Back Pain (NLBP)

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

534 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-11-30

Study Completion Date

2011-11-30

Brief Summary

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Hypothesis: Acupuncture procedure of He's Santong Methods could be an option to treat nonspecific low back pain.

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Detailed Description

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He's Santong Methods is a combined manipulated needling methods, including filiform needling, fire needling and bloodletting needling, which was created by Dr. He Puren who is one of the most famous TCM doctors in China.

Conditions

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Low Back Pain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Verus acupuncture

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Acupuncture Treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.

Sham acupuncture

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham acupuncture

Intervention Type OTHER

Sham acupuncture is inserting needles superficially, without manipulating, into specific points on the body.

Interventions

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Acupuncture Treatment

Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.

Intervention Type OTHER

Sham acupuncture

Sham acupuncture is inserting needles superficially, without manipulating, into specific points on the body.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* The patient who is suffering the Non-specific Low Back Pain which meets the diagnostic criterion of posterior ramus of lumbar spinal nerve syndrome.
* The patient who is from 18 to 79 years old.
* The patient who can comprehensively understand and fill in the questionnaires about the disease.
* The patient who suffered problems no less than 12 weeks.
* The patient who have not the other diseases which can result in back pain.
* The patient who received the clear examinations of X-ray, CT scan or MRI.
* The patient who wrote the informed consents.

Exclusion Criteria

* The patient whose low back pain is the consequences of spondyloschisis, Spondylolysis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, internal disease, metastatic tumor.
* The patient who have the hemorrhagic disease such as hemophilia.
* The patient who have the spinal diseases which have not been diagnosed clearly.

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

79 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No