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ISRCTN65814467
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of non-specific acute low back pain: a randomised controlled multicentre trial

Department of Health and Consumption - Institute of Health Carlos III (Spain)0 sites275 target enrollmentFebruary 22, 2006
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Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Department of Health and Consumption - Institute of Health Carlos III (Spain)
Enrollment
275
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago
OverviewInvestigatorsEligibility CriteriaOutcomesSimilar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

  1. Protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16630342 2. 2012 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22770838 (added 04/06/2019)
Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 22, 2006
End Date
January 30, 2008
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Department of Health and Consumption - Institute of Health Carlos III (Spain)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • •1\. Signed informed consent form
  • •2\. New episode of non\-specific acute low back pain of less than two weeks evolution, with or without irradiation (diagnosed by clinical history and physical examination). We define new as the first episode in at least the last six months.
  • •3\. Patients of working age (whether in paid employment or not), either occupationally active or absent from work because of back pain
  • •4\. No previous treatment with acupuncture (in order to minimise the possibility of patients being able to distinguish the real acupuncture treatment from the various control (placebo) modes

Exclusion Criteria

  • •1\. More than one absence from work because of back pain within a period of six months (in order to eliminate possible mercenary motives)
  • •2\. The presence of alarm signs that suggest the protrusion or prolapse of one or more intervertebral disks with concurrent neurological symptoms, infectious spondylopathy, previous surgery affecting the spine, low back pain caused by inflammatory illness, whether malign or autoimmune, congenital deformities of the spine except for slight scholiosis or lordosis, vertebral fractures, stenosis of the spinal canal, spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis
  • •3\. Contraindications for acupuncture such as extensive skin disorders, treatment with anticoagulants, or pregnancy
  • •4\. Inability to complete the questionnaires or to answer the questions of the assessor

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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