Effects of Hand Press Pellet on Pain and Daily Life of Elders with Lumbar Pain.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0008024

Enrollment

Registered

2022-12-23

Start date

2021-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-01-10

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others(?hand-press pellet) : ?The hand pressed-pellet intervention period was six weeks long. Twenty-seven patients in the intervention group and twenty-four patients in the placebo control group were

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ?he selection criteria were elderly people who were 65 years of age or older, those who complained of lower back pain for more than three months, those who could communicate and respond to questionnaires, and those who had no experience in hand pressed-pellet therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ?Exclusion criteria included those who were using other complementary and alternative therapies to relieve lower back pain, whose lower back pain was caused by cancer or a fracture, who had trauma or lesions on the hands, who had allergies, and who were currently receiving treatment for back pain.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
?Visual Analogue Scale,VAS;back pain ?Compact Digital Algometer index	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
?Korean Owestry Disability Index, K-ODI	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactHyeJin Lee

Ewha Womens University

lhj10087179@ewhain.net+82-32-0000-0000

Outcome results