: The Effect of Uriculotherapy on Pain, Sleep Quality, and Functional Disability in Elderly People with Chronic Low Back Pai

Not Applicable

Conditions: Chronic low back pain in the elderly.
Low back pain
M54.5

Registration Number: IRCT20190303042891N1

Lead Sponsor: Research assistance of Kashan university of medical sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Complete

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

Age 60 and above
Having a back pain for at least 3 months
3) willingness to participate in the study
Gain score more than 5/25 of the COST tool
Iranian citizenship
Get a 4 up score from the VAS tool
Get a 5 up score from Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Tool
Acquire the maximum 25-point rating of Oswestry functional disability tool
Ability to communicate in Farsi
Health in the Auricle

Exclusion Criteria

Lower back pain for some reason like a back injury
Acute low back pain
Those who get information from them are difficult
Known mental illness based on the contents of the electronic health record
Known mental retardation based on the contents of the electronic health record
Autoimmune and malignant diseases is confirmed by a specialist
Congenital anomalies (with the exception of mild lordosis and scoliosis), fracture or infection in the spine, confirmed by a specialist physician
Use of acupuncture or needles during the last three months
Surgery in the spine
History of bump in the back during the past month
drug and alcohol addiction
Do sports in a professional manner

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Chronic low back pain. Timepoint: Measured at the beginning of the study, during the intervention (end of each week), the end of the intervention, and 4 weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: The short form of the McGill Pain questionnaire and the Visual analogue tool for pain assessment.;Sleep quality. Timepoint: Measured at the beginning of the study and after the end of the intervention and 4 weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Pittsburgh sleep quality questionnaire.;Functional disability. Timepoint: Measured at the beginning of the study and after the end of the intervention and 4 weeks after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Functional disability questionnaire Oswestry.

Secondary Outcome Measures