Status:
COMPLETED
Gua Sha Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Universität Duisburg-Essen
Conditions:
Low Back Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Chronic low back pain is a major public health burden with only limited evidence of effectiveness for complementary and traditional therapies. Gua Sha is a traditional East Asian therapy traditionally...
Detailed Description
Chronic low back pain is a major public health burden with only limited evidence of effectiveness for complementary and traditional therapies. Gua Sha is a traditional East Asian therapy traditionally...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- non-specific low back pain at least once weekly for at least the previous 3 months
- average back pain intensity hat least 40mm on a 100mm visual analog scale (VAS)
Exclusion
- specific low back pain due to trauma, disc protrusion, whiplash, congenital deformity of the spine, spinal stenosis, neoplasm, inflammatory rheumatic disease, or oncologic disease
- dystonia
- pregnancy
- invasive treatment of the spine or spinal surgery within the previous 4 weeks
- oral steroids or anticoagulants
- hemophilia or a skin condition in the area to be treated
- started a new treatment for low back pain within the previous month or planning to start a new treatment within the next month
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03333213
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
December 1 2010
Last Update
November 6 2017
Active Locations (0)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
No Results Found
We couldn’t find results for the location/zipcode entered or within the selected range. Please check your input or adjust your search.