Effectiveness of Electro-acupuncture and Manual Therapy on Pain and Fucntion in Patients With Sciatica

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Sciatica; Electroacupuncture; Manual Therapy
• Interventions: Other: Electroacupuncture; Other: Manual therapy

• Registration Number: NCT04764890
• Lead Sponsor: CEU San Pablo University

Brief Summary

The aims of the study are:

To study the pain efficacy of an electroacupuncture and manual therapy protocol versus the use of manual therapy in patients with sciatica.

To study the efficacy on function of an electroacupuncture and manual therapy protocol versus the use of manual therapy in patients with sciatica.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2021-02
• Study Start: 2021-02-11
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-18
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-04-16
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-19
• Primary Completion: 2021-06
• Study Completion: 2021-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Aged from 18 to 50 years old.
• Diagnosis of sciatica

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy.
• Fear of needles.
• Coagulation disorders.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Electroacupuncture and manual therapy	Manual therapy	Electroacupuncture in several points and manual therapy in the lumbar spine
Manual therapy	Manual therapy	Manual therapy in the lumbar spina
Electroacupuncture and manual therapy	Electroacupuncture	Electroacupuncture in several points and manual therapy in the lumbar spine

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analog scale for pain	up to 5 weeks	Pain measurement: 100-mm visual analog scale (VAS), horizontal line ranging from 0 mm (nopain) to 100 (worts imaginable pain)
Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire	up to 5 weeks	This questionnaire has been designed to give us information as to how your back or leg pain is affecting your ability to manage in everyday life.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CEU-San Pablo Universtiy; 🇪🇸 Madrid, Spain