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Pulsatile Cupping in Low Back Pain

NCT02090686 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 110

Last updated 2018-02-20

No results posted yet for this study

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

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).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • HeVaTech GmbH

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Benno Brinkhaus, Professor · Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2014-10-31
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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