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AVAILABLE
Clinical Research on the Efficacy of Acupuncture Treatment in Chronic Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Kyunghee University Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
Korea Health Industry Development Institute
Conditions:
Chronic Low Back Pain
Acupuncture
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Brief Summary
This research is planned to build a basis about effect of acupuncture for chronic low back pain with economical efficacy. It is consisted with two sub research. First,clinical research to know the ef...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- The person who have been undergo chronic low back pain for chief complain over 3 months.
- The person whose age is from 18 to 65.
- The person who are normal in neurology examination.
- The person whose bothersomeness for the last week before the participation of the treatment is over VAS 5.
- The person who are diagnosed as nonspecific loe back pain.
Exclusion
- The person who have radicular pain.
- The person who are diagnosed as specific disease which cause low back pain such as metastatic cancer, vertebral fracture, spinal infection, inflammatory spondylitis.
- The person who are diagnosed as other chronic disease which could affect the result such as caediovascular disease, diabetic neurophaty, active hepatitis, fibromyalagia, rheumatic arthritis, dementia, hemorrhagic disease, epilepsy.
- The person who have had or would have spinal surgery.
- The person who have other skeletomuscular pain as chief complain.
- The person who have been treated acupuncture treatment for low back pain last 1 month.
- The person who is taking corticosteroids, narcotics, muscle relaxant,anticoagulant drug, herb-med for low back pain, or other non-propal drugs.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
Trial Type :
EXPANDED_ACCESS
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00815529
Last Update
December 30 2008
Active Locations (1)
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East West Neo Medical Center, Kyung-hee university
Seoul, Gangdong-Gu, South Korea, 134-727