Traditional Acupuncture and Myofascial Trigger Point Dry Needling and Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain

• Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
• Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
• Main ID: NCT00804089
• Date of registration: 05/12/2008
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: Hermano Miguel Foundation
• Public title: Traditional Acupuncture and Myofascial Trigger Point Dry Needling and Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain
• Scientific title: Randomised Comparative Pragmatic Clinical Trial of Traditional Acupuncture and Superficial Dry Needling and Acupressure of Myofascial Trigger Points for the Treatment of Patients With Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain
• Date of first enrolment: December 2008
• Target sample size: 90
• Recruitment status: Recruiting
• URL: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00804089
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Ecuador

Contacts

• Name: Sergiy Voznesenskyy, Ph.D. B.P.T.
• Affiliation: Hermano Miguel Foundation

• Name: Sergiy Voznesenskyy, Ph.D. B.P.T.

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of mechanical lower back pain for at least three months.

- The chronic mechanical lower back pain is the chief complaint, with or without leg
pain.

- The lower back pain is disabling to the degree that affects the patient's routine job
and/or his or her lifestyle.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with tumor, infection, major trauma to the spine causing fracture or
disruption of the major ligaments, or cauda equina syndrome.

- Patients with neurological signs of spinal nerve compression.

- Patients having undergone spinal surgery, facet joint block and/or corticoid
injection.

- Patients with general contraindications for acupuncture or acupressure treatment.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Low Back Pain

Intervention(s)

Procedure: Traditional needle acupuncture

Procedure: Myofascial trigger point acupressure

Procedure: Myofascial trigger point dry needling

Secondary ID(s)

AR1-001-2008

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Technical University of Ambato

Ecuadorian Federation of Physiotherapy, Tungurahua Branch