Acute lumbar sprain
Conditions
Sponsors
Second Affiliated Hospital of Yunnan University/ School of Acupuncture and Massage-Rehabilitation/ The Second AfiliatedHospital, Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for ALS; (2) unilateral low back pain, age 18-60 years; (3) duration of the disease = 3 days; (4) moderate to severe low back pain, with a Visual Analogue Score (VAS) between 4 and 8; (5) signed the informed consent form. (Note: Patients who meet the above 5 items at the same time may beincluded in this study)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Combination of lumbar spondylolisthesis, lumbar spine tumour, fracture and other diagnosed definite pathological changes of the lumbar spine; (2) Low back pain caused by internal medicine diseases; (3) Coexistence of cardiovascular, hepatic, renal, pulmonary and haematopoietic systems and other serious primary diseases; (4) Severe mental illness or intellectual disability, unable to cooperate with the completion of the questionnaire; (5) Women in pregnancy or breastfeeding; (6) Fear of acupuncture , or contraindication to needling such as skin infection or breakage at the acupoint site; (7) Other analgesic methods used in the past 6 hours.(Note: Patients meeting any of the above criteria wil be excluded)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity at 10 minutes; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity at other times;Lumbar spine mobility score;Blinded evaluation;Efficacy expectation scale evaluation; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactGuo Taipin
Yunnan University of Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed