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A comparative study of the treatment of pelvic lesions in patients with non-acute low back pain.

A comparative study of the treatment of pelvic biomechanical lesions in patients with non-acute low back pain: usual care, simple chuna treatment, and complex chuna treatment.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0009210
Enrollment
81
Registered
2024-02-28
Start date
2024-03-29
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-12-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Procedure/Surgery : Complex Chuna Manual Therapy : Complex manipulation, represented as Chuna Manual Therapy (CMT), is a therapeutic approach employed by a traditional Korean medicine practitioner. Us

Sponsors

Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria 1. Patients with non-acute low back pain (lasting more than 2 weeks after onset) accompanied by pelvic misalignment and a pain score of Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) 5 or higher. 2. Patients diagnosed with pelvic deviation through manual diagnosis by a Korean Medicine Rehabilitation Medicine specialist with more than 2 years of clinical experience, and identified as having pelvic misalignment within the abnormal range (1SD = or = -1SD) through 3D body analysis. 3. Aged above 19 and below 65 4. Patient who is capable of ordinary communication 5. Participant who has signed the clinical trail consent form with voluntary participation decision

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria 1. patient who is diagnosed with specific severe disease which could cause low back pain, or the cause of low back pain is not pelvic deviation (vertebral metastasis of tumor, acute fracture and dislocation, polio, etc.) 2. 2. patient with absolute contraindication of Chuna Manual Therapy(acute cauda equina syndrome, vertebral dislocation, cerebral aneurysm, etc.) 3. patient who is considered inappropriate for the clinical trial by the staffs(e.g. lumbosacropelvic operation history, knee operation history, innate vertebral disease, nerve root block operation history, etc.) 4. patient who has received Chuna Manual Therapy within a week, or taking medicine such as steroids, immunodepressant, mental disorder medicine, or other drugs which could affect study result(e.g.NSAIDs) 5. operation or medical procedure is scheduled which could affect judgement of clinical trial result during the treatment period 6. patient with chronic disease which could affect the effect of the clinical study : cardiovascular disease, kidney disease, diabetic neuropathy, dementia, epilepsy, etc. 7. patient who has participated other clinical trials within 1 month(Observational studies without intervention in other clinical studies, and clinical studies that are judged to have little correlation with Chuna and are therefore unlikely to have an impact on this study are excluded.) 8. patient who is incapable of ordinary communication because of dementia or mild cognition disorder, etc. 9. pregnant women 10. person who has difficulty with signing the clinical trial consent form or is considered incapable of carrying out the normal clinical trial procedure

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Low Back Pain Numeric Rating Scale; NRS

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Oswestry disability index; ODI;Patient Global Impression of Change; PGIC;Credibility and Expectancy; 3D Body Shape Analysis Indicators;5-level EuroQol 5-dimension; EQ-5D-5L;EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale; EQ-VAS;12-Item Short-Form Health Survey; SF-12v2;Cost Data Investigation; Economic Evaluation Indicators

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactYeong Jae Shin

Pusan National University Korean Medicine Hospital

shinyj5107@gmail.com+82-55-360-5725

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CRIS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026