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The Effects of Fish Oil on Patients With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

NCT02774109 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2018-06-07

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Summary

Objectives:

To investigate the efficacy of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) on patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain (NLBP).

Methods and Materials:

Twenty-nine patients with chronic NLBP were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. For 8 weeks, participants in the experimental group received omega-3 PUFA at 3000 mg/day plus physical therapy, while those in the control group received placebo plus physical therapy. The visual analog pain scale, pressure algometer, Biering-Sorenson test, Roland-Morris Low Back Pain and Disability Questionnaire (RMQ), and occupational burnout inventory (OBI) were used in assessments at baseline (T0) and after 4 (T1) and 8 weeks (T2). Serum erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and hypersensitive C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) were checked at baseline and T2.

Conditions

  • Chronic Low Back Pain

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Fish oil

Five 1000mg fish oil soft capsules per day (each capsule containing 350mg EPA and 250mg DHA) for 8 weeks

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Five 1000mg sunflower oil soft capsules per day for 8 weeks

PROCEDURE

Hotpacking

Hotpacking 15min on low back, three times a week for 8 weeks

PROCEDURE

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) 15min on low back, three times a week for 8 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tsung-Hsun Yang, MD · Kaohsiung Chang Cung Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2017-11-30

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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