Treatment of Complaints Following Sports Injuries With Traditional Chinese Medicine

NCT ID: NCT02725697

Last Updated: 2018-09-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Total Enrollment

2 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-04-30

Study Completion Date

2018-06-30

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Athletic Injuries

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_ONLY

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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TCM treatment

TCM treatment (e.g. acupuncture, Tuina massage, Chinese herbal medicine, moxibustion, electroacupuncture, ear acupuncture)

TCM treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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TCM treatment

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Sabine Klein

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Sabine Klein

Head of Research Working Group

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Sabine D Klein, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Swiss Professional Organization for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Locations

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Poliklinik für Chinesische Medizin

Horgen, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Site Status

Praxis für TCM

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Site Status

proSANUS

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Site Status

Countries

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Switzerland

References

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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.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22895817 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19028336 (View on PubMed)

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. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X11008774.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21476201 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24209727 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23496981 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.sbo-tcm.ch/

Website of Swiss Professional Organization for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Other Identifiers

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SBO-TCM 001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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