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Effectiveness of strong manual acupuncture (SMA) for lumbar disk herniation: a randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
lumbar disk herniation
Registration Number
ITMCTR2200005872
Lead Sponsor
Guangdong second traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
Not specified
Inclusion Criteria

(1) meet the diagnostic criteria of LDH secondary neuralgia, (2) age 18-60 years old; course of disease 1-6 months; (3) do not receive relevant treatment one week before the start of the study; (4) voluntarily participate in the study and sign informed consent; (5) agree to abide by the research program and complete the study strictly in accordance with the requirements in the program.

Exclusion Criteria

(1) those who were completely ineffective after conservative treatment for 6 months before entering the group; (2) surgical treatment of lumbar intervertebral disc within 6 months; (3) imaging examination showed that there were severe deformities, tuberculosis and tumors in the lumbar spine; (4) patients with serious medical diseases, such as diabetes, people with disturbance of consciousness; (5) abnormal skin sensation, skin ulcers at acupoints, bleeding, etc., which are not suitable for acupuncture treatment. (6) suspected sedative hypnotics, opioid analgesics, alcohol abuse and drug allergy; long-term use of anticoagulants such as warfarin and aspirin, or abnormal blood coagulation; (7) pregnant or lactating women; (8) those who have received acupuncture treatment or are participating in other clinical trials in the past week; (9) those whose examination data are incomplete or unable to cooperate with the treatment.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
RS;ODI;Quality of life;
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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