Traditional Acupuncture and Myofascial Trigger Point Dry Needling and Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT00804089
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to compare the therapeutic effects of acupuncture using traditional acupoints and Ashi points with myofascial trigger points superficial dry needling and acupressure, followed by postisometric stretching of the appropriate muscles, in the treatment of patients with chronic mechanical low back pain.
Study details
- Official 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
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Procedure: Traditional needle acupuncture
- Procedure: Myofascial trigger point dry needling
- Procedure: Myofascial trigger point acupressure
- Sponsor
- Hermano Miguel Foundation
- Collaborators
- Ecuadorian Federation of Physiotherapy, Tungurahua Branch; Technical University of Ambato
- Start date
- 2008-12
- Primary completion
- 2009-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Ecuador
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
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.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00804089