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Laser acupuncture in chronic low back pain trial.

Multicentre double blind trial to examine the efficacy of a 830 nm class 3b laser for the laser acupuncture treatment of chronic non-specific low back pain.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ANZCTR
Registry ID
ACTRN12610000043033
Enrollment
140
Registered
2010-01-15
Start date
2009-04-19
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To determine if low level laser stimulation of acupunctrure points in a course of 8 weekly trearments is effective in relieving pain and disability in patients with chronic low back pain .

Interventions

Laser level infra red laser stimulation of acupuncture points invoves applying a laser emitting probe to selected points on the body surface. These are tender points at the site of pain and other distal points selected according to acupunture theory principles. Points are inividualised for each patient and betweeen treatment sessions . They are stimulatied with laser for a specified duration of time according to directions at randomization. The duration of each treament session including

Laser level infra red laser stimulation of acupuncture points invoves applying a laser emitting probe to selected points on the body surface. These are tender points at the site of pain and other distal points selected according to acupunture theory principles. Points are inividualised for each patient and betweeen treatment sessions . They are stimulatied with laser for a specified duration of time according to directions at randomization. The duration of each treament session including general patient contact is 15 minutes. Frequency of sessions is once a week for 8 weeks.

Sponsors

Dr Gregory Glazov
Lead SponsorIndividual

Study design

Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
19 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

Chronic non-specific low back pain (duration >3 months )

Exclusion criteria

Baseline pain < 3 (Numerical Pain Rating Scale ) Secondary causes of back pain present. Fibromyalgia. Pregnancy/ within 3 months postpartum. Taking regular opioid analgesics. Disability Support Pension for back pain. Workers Compensation or other insurance related cause for back pain. Previous lumbar surgery . Previous specialist injections for back pain Acupuncture /dry needling for back pain in previous 6 months

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ANZCTR · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026