NCT06868173

Trigger Point Electroacupuncture Treatment in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

Evaluation of the Analgesic Efficacy of Trigger Point Electroacupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: a Blinded Randomised Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Electroacupuncture is an application of acupuncture combined with electrical stimulation of acupuncture points through acupuncture needles to achieve faster pain relief than acupuncture. Recently, research has shown that Trigger point acupuncture has a significant effect in reducing pain better than acupuncture on acupoints in patients with chronic low back pain. However, no research has compared the pain relief effect between Trigger Point electroacupuncture and electroacupuncture on acupoints in patients with chronic low back pain. This study was conducted to address this question.

Detailed description

Participants and Methods: A blinded randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted involving 60 chronic low back pain participants, randomly divided into two groups (A and B): 30 receiving electroacupuncture at the Trigger point (group A) and 30 receiving electroacupuncture on the meridian (group B) for 10 sessions. The primary outcomes were visual analogue scale (VAS), BPI index, and Trigger point count.

Conditions

• Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)
• Trigger Points

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Electro-acupuncture	Electroacupuncture at Trigger Points is electroacupuncture at predetermined trigger points. Electroacupuncture at traditional acupoints is electroacupuncture at the following points: Jiaji (L2-L5), Yaoyangguan (GV3), Shendu (BL23), Dachangdu (BL25), and Weizhong (BL40).

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-15
• Primary completion: 2025-06-30
• Completion: 2025-07-15
• First posted: 2025-03-10
• Last updated: 2025-08-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Vietnam