Gua Sha Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 50
- 主要终点
- Pain intensity
研究概览
简要总结
Chronic low back pain is a major public health burden with only limited evidence of effectiveness for complementary and traditional therapies. Gua Sha is a traditional East Asian therapy traditionally used in the treatment of spinal pain. This study aimed to test the efficacy of Gua Sha therapy in patients with chronic low back pain A total of 50 patients with chronic low back pain were randomized to either two Gua Sha treatments (n=25) or a waitlist control group (n=25). Primary outcome measure was current pain intensity on a 100-mm visual analog scale; secondary outcome measures included back-related function (Oswestry Disability Index), movement-related pain (modified Pain on Movement Questionnaire), as well as pressure pain threshold, mechanical detection threshold, and vibration detection threshold.
详细描述
Chronic low back pain is a major public health burden with only limited evidence of effectiveness for complementary and traditional therapies. Gua Sha is a traditional East Asian therapy traditionally used in the treatment of spinal pain. This study aimed to test the efficacy of Gua Sha therapy in patients with chronic low back pain A total of 50 patients with chronic low back pain were randomized to either two Gua Sha treatments (n=25) or a waitlist control group (n=25). Primary outcome measure was current pain intensity on a 100-mm visual analog scale; secondary outcome measures included back-related function (Oswestry Disability Index), movement-related pain (modified Pain on Movement Questionnaire), as well as pressure pain threshold, mechanical detection threshold, and vibration detection threshold.
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
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •non-specific low back pain at least once weekly for at least the previous 3 months
- •average back pain intensity hat least 40mm on a 100mm visual analog scale (VAS)
排除标准
- •specific low back pain due to trauma, disc protrusion, whiplash, congenital deformity of the spine, spinal stenosis, neoplasm, inflammatory rheumatic disease, or oncologic disease
- •pregnancy
- •invasive treatment of the spine or spinal surgery within the previous 4 weeks
- •oral steroids or anticoagulants
- •hemophilia or a skin condition in the area to be treated
- •started a new treatment for low back pain within the previous month or planning to start a new treatment within the next month
研究组 & 干预措施
Gua Sha therapy
Patients' backs were first covered with Tumarol N Balsam. The study physician then applied a round-edged instrument (the inside smooth edged lip of a metal cap) to patients' skin in downward strokes. Patients were treated twice with a 7-day interval.
干预措施: Gua Sha (Other)
Waitlist control group
Treatments in the control group were not regulated but patients were asked to continue their self-directed medical care. They were offered the Gua Sha therapy once the trial was concluded.
结局指标
主要结局
Pain intensity
时间窗: 12 weeks
100-mm visual analogue scale (VAS) ranging from 0mm meaning 'no pain at all' to 100mm meaning 'the worst pain imaginable'
次要结局
- Functional disability(12 weeks)
- Mechanical detection threshold (MDT)(12 weeks)
- Pain on movement(12 weeks)
- Pressure-pain threshold (PPT)(12 weeks)
- Adverse events(12 weeks)
- Vibration detection threshold (VDT)(12 weeks)
研究者
Holger Cramer
Research Director
Universität Duisburg-Essen