Acute low back pain
Conditions
Interventions
Wrist-ankle needle group:In prone position, puncture into the skin at the lower 5 and 6 points of both sides, with stainless needle (Diameter: 0.25 mm
length: 25 mm) for 30 minutes, using the wrist-ankle needling method, no needling sensations, fix the needle handle.
False wrist-ankle group:In prone position, puncture (do not puncture into the skin) at the lower 5 and 6 points of both sides, with stainless needle (Diameter: 0.25 mm
length: 2 mm) for 30 minutes, place the needle to contact the skin so that patients can feel needling, fix the needle handle.
Sponsors
Shanghai Changhai Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Signature of informed consent form; (2) Man or woman at a age of 18-65; (3) Participants must have pain extending in an area between the twelfth rib and buttock crease (this may or may not be accompanied by leg pain), pain of less than 12 weeks duration. Acute low back pain was exacerbated in particular postures (flexion, extension, lateral bending and rotation of the lumbar region, or any combination of these movements), pain intensity of 40 or more on a 100-mm visual analog scale; (4) No experience with treatment of wrist-ankle acupuncture and traditional Chinese acupuncture.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Acute low back pain caused by inflammatory, tumor, osteoporosis, arthritis deformans, bone fracture, and fever; (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; (5) Have an acupuncture syncope record; (6) Acupuncture location with infection, tumor or dermatogic disease; (7) Persons without the competence to finish the questionnaire; (8) Pregnant women; (9) Psychiatric patients.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SF-MPQ;Modified-Modified Schober test;Expectation and treatment credibility scale (ETCS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Questionnaire about the feeling of being punctured;Adverse effect; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactQing-hui Zhou
Outcome results
None listed