Chronic nonspecific low back pain
Conditions
Interventions
control group:acupuncture
Sponsors
Anhui Provincial Hefei, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 81 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Age = 18 years old; 2) Patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain as diagnosed clinically; 3) Those who voluntarily participate and sign the informed consent form.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Within one week prior to enrollment, the participant was receiving other analgesic treatments or had other conditions that might affect the evaluation of acupuncture efficacy; 2) Not meeting the diagnostic criteria for NSLBP, or having concurrent spinal-related diseases (congenital deformity, spinal canal stenosis, lumbar tumor, lumbar tuberculosis, ankylosing spondylitis, lumbar fractures, etc., causing pain due to lumbar lesions); 3) Had undergone lumbar surgery; 4) Had poor general condition, severe cardiovascular and cerebrovascular, liver and kidney organ diseases, and/or had a history of coagulation dysfunction; 5) Had epilepsy, mental abnormalities, confusion, cognitive and communication disorders, or patients with spastic paralysis, abnormal neural stress response, or those with excessive mental tension and incompatibility; 6) Had acute suppurative inflammation or ulcers at the treatment site; 7) Had been intoxicated, overfed, underfed, overworked, extremely thirsty, excessive sweating, or excessive bleeding; 8) Had implanted implantable electronic medical devices such as cardiac pacemakers; 9) Had participated in other clinical trials related to acupuncture and massage for treating low back pain in the past two months; 10) Were pregnant or lactating women; 11) Other research personnel considered not suitable for participating in the clinical trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Overall efficiency evaluation; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Visual Analogue Scale;Oswestry Disability Index;The effectiveness rate after the first treatment period;increasingly efficient; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public Contactxiaohongbo
Anhui Provincial Hefei, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed