NCT02090686

Pulsatile Cupping in Low Back Pain

Efficacy of Pulsatile Cupping in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain - a Randomized Controlled Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether pulsatile cupping with a cupping device is effective in the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain compared to no cupping or to minimal cupping.

Conditions

• Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Pulsatile Cupping	8 cupping sessions (each 8 minutes) in 4 weeks (-150 to -350 mbar), interval 2 seconds. Paracetamol on demand as rescue medication (maximum dosage 4 x500 mg/day)
DEVICE	Minimal Cupping	8 cupping sessions (each 8 minutes) in 4 weeks witth (-60 to -70 mbar). Paracetamol on demand as rescue medication (maximum dosage 4 x500 mg/day).

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-03-01
• Primary completion: 2014-10-01
• Completion: 2015-02-28
• First posted: 2014-03-18
• Last updated: 2018-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany