Evaluation of the Analgesic Efficacy of Trigger Point Electroacupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 60
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Comparison of VAS pain intensity between electroacupuncture at the trigger point and electroacupuncture traditional point group
研究概览
简要总结
Electroacupuncture is an application of acupuncture combined with electrical stimulation of acupuncture points through acupuncture needles to achieve faster pain relief than acupuncture. Recently, research has shown that Trigger point acupuncture has a significant effect in reducing pain better than acupuncture on acupoints in patients with chronic low back pain. However, no research has compared the pain relief effect between Trigger Point electroacupuncture and electroacupuncture on acupoints in patients with chronic low back pain. This study was conducted to address this question.
详细描述
Participants and Methods: A blinded randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted involving 60 chronic low back pain participants, randomly divided into two groups (A and B): 30 receiving electroacupuncture at the Trigger point (group A) and 30 receiving electroacupuncture on the meridian (group B) for 10 sessions. The primary outcomes were visual analogue scale (VAS), BPI index, and Trigger point count.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
盲法说明
The study participants will not know which electroacupuncture group they are in.
The acupuncturist and the data processor are 2 different people.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients aged 20 or older who consented to participate in the study;
- •Individuals experiencing LBP persisting for more than 3 months with an average VAS score of 5 cm or over;
- •Patients displaying trigger points in back
排除标准
- •Major trauma or systemic disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Scheuermann disease;
- •Systemic symptoms such as weight loss, fever of unknown origin, anorexia, personal history of malignancy, diffuse pain and joint stiffness;
- •Symptoms of infection such as fever, meningeal irritation signs, photophobia;
- •Symptoms of central motor neuron damage such as Hoffmann sign, Babinski sign, hyperreflexia, spasticity, incontinence, sexual dysfunction;
- •Symptoms of serious acute diseases such as myocardial infarction (chest pain, sweating, shortness of breath), arterial dissections (tearing sensation, headache, blurred vision);
- •Conditions unsuitable for acupuncture such as inflammation of skin in need of acupuncture, weak or exhausted patients, severe comorbidities;
- •Being treated with other methods. Elimination criteria: Patients experiencing adverse events from the intervention leading to their discomfort and withdrawal from the study
研究组 & 干预措施
Electro-acupuncture at traditional points
30 patients with non-radiating low back pain for at least three months and normal neurological examination received treatment electro-cupuncture at traditional points for 10 sessions over 4 weeks, electroacupuncture was administered once per session, three sessions per week, on alternate days, with rest on Saturdays and Sundays. Visual analogue scale (VAS) will be recorded after 1 session, 3 session, 5 session, 7 session and 10 session. BPI index and Trigger point count will be recorded after 1 session, 5 session, 10 session.
干预措施: Electro-acupuncture (Device)
Electro-acupuncture at the Trigger point
30 patients with non-radiating low back pain for at least three months and normal neurological examination received treatment electro-acupuncture at the Trigger point for 10 sessions over 4 weeks, electroacupuncture was administered once per session, three sessions per week, on alternate days, with rest on Saturdays and Sundays. Visual analogue scale (VAS) will be recorded after 1 session, 3 session, 5 session, 7 session and 10 session. BPI index and Trigger point count will be recorded after 1 session, 5 session, 10 session.
干预措施: Electro-acupuncture (Device)
结局指标
主要结局
Comparison of VAS pain intensity between electroacupuncture at the trigger point and electroacupuncture traditional point group
时间窗: Baseline, after 3 sessions, after 5 sessions, after 7 sessions, after 10 sessions
With the VAS, participants were asked to make a hatch mark on a 100 mm line that represents their average pain intensity. These were then converted to a numerical score for each face (i.e. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10), depending on the face selected. The end-point descriptors for VAS was "No pain" (0, 0 mm, and the face representing no pain, respectively) and "The most intense pain imaginable" (10, 100 mm, and the face representing the most intense pain level, respectively).
次要结局
- Comparison of BPI index between electroacupuncture at the trigger point and electroacupuncture traditional point group.(Baseline, after 5 sessions, and after 10 sessions)
研究者
Bui Pham Minh Man
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City