Effectiveness of leech therapy in treatment of chronic low back pain - a randomised controlled clinical study

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin0 个研究点开始时间: 2011年12月9日最近更新: 2015年7月10日

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•-male and femal patient from 18 to 70 years old
•-existing, specialised physician (orthopedics, neurology, pain treatment) prooved diagnosis of chronic low back pain caused by nonspecific lumbar syndrome
•- averaged pain intensity during the last 3 month of at least 40mm measured by VAS (visual analog scale) during pain periods
•on 4 out of 7 days a week
•Are the trial subjects under 18? no
•Number of subjects for this age range:
•F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
•F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 44
•F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
•F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 44

•-anticoagulative treatment
•-anemia (Hgb in screening-lab below 12.2 g/dl bzw. 7.6 mmol/l (women); 14.0 g/dl bzw. 8.7 mmol/l (men)
•-anmenestic or laboratoric tested clotting disorder (Quick <70%, apTT >36 sec, TZ >21 sec)
•-invasive spine treatment including cortocoid injection up to 6 weeks ago or sheduled for the following 8 weeks
•-acute hernial disc
•-congenital spine disorders
•-known pregnancy
•-therapy by opioid-analgetics
•-insulin-dependent diabetes type 1
•-systemic medication by corticoids or immunisuppressives
•-acute psychotic disorders
•-serious comorbidity

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