Low back pain
Conditions
Interventions
Specific acupoint of Wrist-ankle acupuncture group:Puncture into the skin at the lower 5 or 6 point according to the location of pain, subcutaneous shallow needling, no needling sensations
Nonspecific acupoint of Wrist-ankle acupuncture group 1:Puncture into the skin at the lower 2 point, subcutaneous shallow needling, no needling sensations
Nonspecific acupoint of Wrist-ankle acupuncture group 1:Puncture into the skin at the upper 5 point, subcutaneous shallow needling, no needling sensations
Wrist-ankle acupuncture therapy group:Puncture into the skin at the lower 5 or 6 point according to the location of pain, subcutaneous shallow needling, no needling sensations
Traditional acupuncture therapy group:Using Traditional acupuncture therapy,puncture into the skin at the lower 5 or 6 point according to the location of pain,guarantee needling sensations
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation group:Using transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation at the lower 5 or 6 point according to the location of pain
Sponsors
Changhai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Second Military Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Age between 18 and65 years, no gender limitation; (2) Patients who have the main symptom of low back pain lasting for less than 12 weeks,with or without leg pain, the pain is exacebated with the change of posture andpain intensity of 40 or more on a 100-mm visual analog scale; (3) No experience with treatment of wrist-ankle acupuncture; (4) Signature of informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Acute low back pain caused by inflammatory, tumor, osteoporosis, arthritis deformans, bone fracture, andfever; (2) Acute low back pain referred from organ systems (such as the abdomen, the vascular system, or the genitourinary system) or a systemic illness; (3) Take analgesic during the past 4 hours or slow-release analgesic during the past 12 hours; (4) Patients with serious or critical illness; psychiatric patients; pregnant women; acupuncture location with infection, tumor or dermatogic disease (5) Have an acupuncture syncope record; (6) Persons without the competence to finish the questionnaire.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| the intensity of pain; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Modified-Modified Schober test;Expectation andtreatment credibility scale (ETCS);Questionnaire about the feeling of being punctured;Safety assessment; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactQing-hui Zhou
Outcome results
None listed