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Use Ear Acupuncture as Treatment for Low Back Pain During Pregnancy

NCT00571480 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 159

Last updated 2009-07-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ear acupuncture can be used as a treatment for pregnancy induced low back pain.

Conditions

  • Pregnancy Related Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

acupuncture

ear acupuncture needles will be inserted into three preselected acupuncture points which are thought to be specific for low back pain

OTHER

Sham acupuncture

ear acupuncture needles are inserted into three preselected acupuncture points which are thought not specific to low back pain

OTHER

standard of care

participants can take acetaminophen 650 mg no more than every 6 hours and frequent rest and topical warm/cold compress

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Shu-Ming Wang, MD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
46 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-01-31
Completion
2008-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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