The Evaluation of Single Acupoint Therapy to Acute Low Back Pain

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Acupuncture; Acute Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Other: acupuncture

• Registration Number: NCT04328428
• Lead Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Study Start: 2020-03-28
• Study First Submitted: 2020-03-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-03-29
• Study First Posted: 2020-03-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-04-06
• Last Update Posted: 2020-04-08
• Primary Completion: 2021-02-12
• Study Completion: 2021-02-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

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 .

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
(C)BL40 acupuncture	acupuncture	BL40 acupuncture Participants receive BL40 acupuncture once on the same site of low back pain
(B)EM32 acupuncture	acupuncture	EM32 acupuncture Participants receive EM32 acupuncture once on the opposite site.
(A)modified BL40 acupuncture	acupuncture	modified BL40 acupuncture Participants receive BL40 acupuncture once on the same site of low back pain.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Dept of Chinese medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taoyuan, Taiwan