None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Medical Device : Participants will be randomly assigned to a treatment group or control group. Participants assigned to the treatment group will have electro-acupuncture twice a week during the four-w
Sponsors
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who are between 19 and 70 years of age 2. Patients whose low back pain persisted or recurred after back surgery with or without leg pain and patients whose pain has persisted for at least three weeks recently 3. Patients with pain, defined as a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) value = 50mm 4. Patients who agreed to participate voluntarily in this study and signed a written informed consent forms
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have been diagnosed with a serious disease that can cause low back pain (e.g., cancer, spinal infection, inflammatory spondylitis) 2. Patients with a progressive neurological deficit or with severe neurological symptoms 3. Patients whose pain causes are not resulted from spine or resulted from soft tissue diseases (e.g., cancer, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, gout) 4. Patients with a chronic disease that could influence the treatment effects or the analysis of the treatment results (e.g., severe cardiovascular disease, diabetic neuropathy, dementia, epilepsy) 5. Patients for whom acupuncture would be inappropriate or unsafe (e.g., hemorrhagic disease, a history of having received anticoagulant therapy, severe diabetes with a risk of infection, severe cardiovascular disease) 6. Patients who are currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant 7. Patients with psychiatric diseases 8. Patients who are participating in another clinical trial 9. Patients who are unable to sign a written informed consent form 10. Patients who are judged by the researchers to be inappropriate for the clinical study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity scale: Visual Analogue Scale(VAS) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional scale: Oswestry Disability Index (ODI);Quality of life: EeroQol 5-Dimension (EQ-5D);Drug Consumption;Adverse events | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactByung-Cheul Shin
Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital
Outcome results
None listed