NCT05704127

Intelligent Moxibustion Robot in the Treatment of Low Back Pain

Clinical Study of Intelligent Moxibustion Robot in the Treatment of Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shanxi Acupuncture and Moxibustion Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 25 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The intelligent moxibustion robot is applied to the clinical treatment of low back pain to verify its effectiveness and safety

Detailed description

Shanxi Acupuncture and Moxibustion Hospital and North University of China jointly developed an "intelligent thunder-fire moxibustion" robot with six degrees of freedom mechanical arm as the core and will be applied in clinical practice to verify its clinical efficacy. In clinical practice, patients with low back pain were recruited jointly by several hospitals and divided into two groups. Intelligent thunder-fire moxibustion robot and artificial thunder-fire moxibustion were respectively used for treatment. The clinical efficacy and safety of intelligent thunder-fire moxibustion robot were evaluated through comparative analysis of outcome indexes such as VAS pain scale and serum inflammatory factors.

Conditions

• Moxibustion
• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intelligent Moxibustion Robot	The intelligent moxibustion robot holds the thunder fire moxibustion stick and conducts suspension moxibustion treatment on the points BL23, BL25, DU3 and pain points for 10 minutes in each group, a total of 40 minutes. BL23 and BL25 have one acupuncture point on each side of the spine, and the straight line reciprocating moxibustion technique is adopted. DU3, a single point, adopts the whirling moxibustion technique. Pain points,according to the number of pain points, choose straight reciprocating moxibustion or rotary moxibustion.
OTHER	Artificial moxibustion	The people hold the thunder fire moxibustion stick and conducts suspension moxibustion treatment on the points BL23, BL25, DU3 and pain points for 10 minutes in each group, a total of 40 minutes. BL23 and BL25 have one acupuncture point on each side of the spine, and the straight line reciprocating moxibustion technique is adopted. DU3, a single point, adopts the whirling moxibustion technique. Pain points,according to the number of pain points, choose straight reciprocating moxibustion or rotary moxibustion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-15
• Primary completion: 2023-10-31
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2023-01-30
• Last updated: 2023-01-30

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: China