Acupuncture, Acute Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
acute low back pain, BL40, Extra Meridian 32 (EM32), acupuncture
Brief summary
Low back pain is the leading course of disability , affecting patients' health and work. Recently, studies have reveal the fact that patients get insufficient physical activity and easily let acute stage turn to chronic type. Although acupuncture for low back pain is worldwide popular, the mechanism of single acupoint for low back pain is still unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study is the investigators choose the most frequent used acupoint and modified single acupoint method to assess the efficacy of single acupoint to acute low back pain.
Detailed description
Low back pain is the leading course of disability , affecting patients' health and work. According to the study in 2013, 8.9 percent people of the world experienced over three months low back pain. Recently, studies have reveal the fact that patients get insufficient physical activity and easily let acute stage turn to chronic type. Although acupuncture for low back pain is worldwide popular, the mechanism of single acupoint for low back pian is still unclear. Therefore, the investigators choose the most frequent used acupoint and modified single acupoint method to assess the efficacy of single acupoint to acute low back pain. The investigators would like to compare the efficacy of the modified Bladder 40 (BL40) acupuncture to single acupoint through statistical analysis. The investigators expect that all group will alleviate low back pain. However, treatment group will have statistical difference compared with control groups. The aim of this study is the investigators choose the most frequent used acupoint and modified single acupoint method to assess the efficacy of single acupoint to acute low back pain.
Interventions
OTHERacupuncture
Use one acupuncture needle insert in a acupoint.
Sponsors
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
The participants only know that they accept acupuncture ,but do not know which acupoint needling they receive.
Intervention model description
three groups randomly:experiment group and two control groups. Patients in experiment group receive modified BL40 acupuncture. Control group one receives EM32 acupuncture and control group two receives BL40 acupuncture
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* low back pain,duration \< 1 month * accept subject consent
Exclusion criteria
* without X ray or MRI image * severe trauma , fracture or spondylosis found from image ,progression neurological symptoms suspected from central nerve system, rheumatic disease, fever or infection is suspected ,weight or cancer history , pregnancy and psychiatric disorder or not able to communication .
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| pain measurement | 30 minutes | use Visual Analogue Scale to measure pain intensity and algometer to measure pain threshold The minimum of Visual Analogue Scale is 0 and maximum values is 10. The higher Visual Analogue Scale mean a worse outcome . Newton is used to measure pain threshold. The higher pain threshold scores mean a better outcome . |
| range of motion measurement | 30 minutes | measure the range of motion when lumbar extension and flexion |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
Primary ContactYuan-Xin Lai, MD
Backup ContactKo-Hung Lee, MD
Outcome results
None listed