Integration of the traditional Chinese medicine into the orthopedic rehabilitation - effects on pain and employment prognosis for patients with chronic back pain

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 12 February 2013
• Main ID: ISRCTN59155637
• Date of registration: 28/07/2006
• Primary sponsor: Refonet (Germany)
• Public title: Integration of the traditional Chinese medicine into the orthopedic rehabilitation - effects on pain and employment prognosis for patients with chronic back pain N/A
• Date of first enrolment: Jan 1 2006
• Target sample size: 270 participants (135 group A, 135 group B)
• Recruitment status: Completed/Not recruiting
• URL: http://isrctn.org/ISRCTN59155637
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Prospective, randomized controlled trial

Countries of recruitment

Germany

Contacts

• Name: Werner Kühn

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 30 to 55 years
2. Able to gain employment
3. Chronic back pain
4. Medication: not opioid analgesics (World Health Organisation stage I)
Exclusion criteria: 1. Acute slipped disk in the last three months
2. Pension required
3. Spinal column operation in the past

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Chronic back pain

Intervention(s)

The patients of group A are treated exclusively according to schooled medical therapy concept for four weeks. The patients of group B are treated with elements of the TCM additionally. These contain acupuncture and tuina- massage twice in each case per week

Primary Outcome(s)

1. Reduction of the pain
2. Reduction of the analgesic consumption

Secondary Outcome(s)

1. Decrease in the amount of times there is an inability to work
2. Improvement of the subjective employment prognosis

Secondary ID(s)

04003

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Refonet, project no. 04003

Secondary Sponsor(s)

N/A