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Efficacy and Mechanism of Acupuncture for Chronic Sciatica Using fMRI

NCT03350789 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 68

Last updated 2018-04-19

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Summary

This research is planned to build a basis about the efficacy and mechanism of acupuncture on pain and emotional disorder in patients with chronic sciatica using fMRI.

Conditions

  • Chronic Sciatica

Interventions

DEVICE

Real acupuncture

manual acupuncture(0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Dongbangacupuncture Inc., Korea) (unilateral GB30) + electroacupuncture(0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Dongbangacupuncture Inc., Korea) (unilateral EX-B2 (L4 \& L5), BL25, BL23, BL40, GB34), twice a week, for 4 weeks, common approaches for the treatment of chronic sciatica used by doctors of Korean medicine in Korea today

DEVICE

Sham acupuncture

sham acupuncture without skin penetration(0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Acuprime, UK) (unilateral GB30) + placebo electroacupuncture (0.25mm diameter x 40mm length, stainless steel, Dongbangacupuncture Inc., Korea) without electrical stimulation (unilateral EX-B2, BL25, BL23, BL40, GB34), twice a week, for 4 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Mi-Yeon Song, Ph.D. · Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of Korean Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-09
Primary Completion
2021-01-31
Completion
2021-02-28

Countries

  • South Korea

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