NCT01049074

A Random Controlled Test (RCT): Acupuncture Treatment on Nonspecific Low Back Pain (NLBP)

A Random Controlled Test (RCT): Acupuncture Treatment on Nonspecific Low Back Pain (NLBP) (ANLBP)

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 534 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 79 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: Acupuncture procedure of He's Santong Methods could be an option to treat nonspecific low back pain.

Detailed description

He's Santong Methods is a combined manipulated needling methods, including filiform needling, fire needling and bloodletting needling, which was created by Dr. He Puren who is one of the most famous TCM doctors in China.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Acupuncture Treatment	Acupuncture is a technique of inserting and manipulating fine needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain or for therapeutic purposes.
OTHER	Sham acupuncture	Sham acupuncture is inserting needles superficially, without manipulating, into specific points on the body.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-11-01
• Primary completion: 2010-11-01
• Completion: 2011-11-01
• First posted: 2010-01-14
• Last updated: 2010-03-19

Locations

2 sites across 2 countries: China, Romania