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Resting-state functional research of Balance Acupuncture therapeutic central mechanism for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation by magnetic resonance imaging

Resting-state functional research of Balance Acupuncture therapeutic central mechanism for lumbar intervertebral disc herniation by magnetic resonance imaging

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR-TRC-09000519
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2009-08-26
Start date
2009-10-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-04-18

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Conditions

Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation

Interventions

Group B:Normal Acupuncture
Group A:Balance Acupuncture

Sponsors

Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pathogenesis within one month; 2. Right handedness; 3. History of external injury in the lumbar part or acute stage with chronic lumbar muscle strain; 4. Between the age from 20 to 40 years old; 5. Above 5 score of angelic grading; 6. Radiating pain from lumbar part to haunch and lower limb, which was intensified by augmented abdominal pressure, such as cough and sneeze and so on; 7. Positive result in the straight leg raising test and pick-up test; weaken or vanish of the knee jerk reflex and Achilles reflex; 8. Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation was diagnosed by CT or MR; 9. The subjects who have already signed the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. The women who were in the process of pregnancy or lactation; 2. History of serious diseases of Cardiac, Cerebrovascular, hepatic, renal, hematopoietic system and so on; 3. History of neurosis or psychosis; 4. History of calcification, lateral recess stenosis, vertebral canal stenosis, pyriformis syndrome, ischioneuralgia of trunk type, tumor, tuberculosis, fracture, olisthe of lumbar vertebrae; 5. History of having taken pain-killer; 6. No clinical symptom of Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation was diagnosed; 7. Not the partner treatment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Regional homogeneity;Amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation;Functional Connectivity;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Oswestry Disability Index;McGill pain questionnaire, MPQ;Present Pain Intensity scale, PPI;Visual Analogue Scale, VAS;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYongsong Ye
ye7yong7song@163.com+86 020 81887233-38112

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026