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Effect of Acupuncture and Laser Acupuncture in the Treatment of People With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain.

NCT05310214 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 44

Last updated 2022-04-04

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Summary

The aim of this randomized clinical trial will be to compare the efficacy between acupuncture and laser acupuncture on pain and disability in people with chronic nonspecific low back pain .

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture

Treatment with ACP will be performed by inserting sterile acupuncture needles 0.25 x 13 mm into the acupoints BL23 (Shenshu), BL25 (Dachangshu), BL40 (Weizhong), BL62 (Qixue), SI3 (Houxi) and Jiaji , for the treatment of chronic non-specific low back pain. Interventions will last one hour, and will happen twice a week for 5 weeks. In order to increase the effectiveness of blinding for both groups, in this study the model was adopted: "combined simulated control". In this case, Sham acupuncture points will be used to simulate the treatment, as follows: i) Arms: 3 cm above the lateral epicondyle of the elbow, ii) Lumbar spine: Iliac crest on the same line as the greater trochanter of the femur. Thus, in the ACP group, the placebo LACP (without dosemetry) will be applied to these 4 points together with the real treatment.

OTHER

Laser acupuncture

The use of LACP (808 nm wavelength, 100 mW, energy 6 J per acp point), on acupoints BL23 (Shenshu), BL25 (Dachangshu), BL40 (Weizhong), BL62 (Qixue), SI3 (Houxi) and Jiaji will be used as a treatment for nonspecific chronic low back pain. Interventions will last one hour, and will happen twice a week for 5 weeks. Sham acupuncture points will be used to simulate the treatment, as follows: i) Arms: 3 cm above the lateral epicondyle of the elbow, ii) Lumbar spine: Iliac crest on the same line as the greater trochanter of the femur. These sham points will be inserted superficially so that the depth is sufficient to keep them fixed during the experiment, without individuals reporting the "dequi".

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nove de Julho

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-01
Primary Completion
2022-06-10
Completion
2022-09-30

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