Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
Low Back Pain, Acupuncture, RCT
Brief summary
Hypothesis: Acupuncture procedure of He's Santong Methods could be an option to treat nonspecific low back pain.
Detailed description
He's Santong Methods is a combined manipulated needling methods, including filiform needling, fire needling and bloodletting needling, which was created by Dr. He Puren who is one of the most famous TCM doctors in China.
Interventions
OTHERAcupuncture Treatment
Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.
OTHERSham acupuncture
Sham acupuncture is inserting needles superficially, without manipulating, into specific points on the body.
Sponsors
Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 79 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* The patient who is suffering the Non-specific Low Back Pain which meets the diagnostic criterion of posterior ramus of lumbar spinal nerve syndrome. * The patient who is from 18 to 79 years old. * The patient who can comprehensively understand and fill in the questionnaires about the disease. * The patient who suffered problems no less than 12 weeks. * The patient who have not the other diseases which can result in back pain. * The patient who received the clear examinations of X-ray, CT scan or MRI. * The patient who wrote the informed consents.
Exclusion criteria
* The patient whose low back pain is the consequences of spondyloschisis, Spondylolysis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, internal disease, metastatic tumor. * The patient who have the hemorrhagic disease such as hemophilia. * The patient who have the spinal diseases which have not been diagnosed clearly.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Score of SF-36 | 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) | 4 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks |
Countries
China, Romania
Contacts
Primary ContactPeng Chen, M.D.
Outcome results
None listed