Acupressure for Fatigue and Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT02106741
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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 two kinds of self-administered acupressure (relaxation acupressure and stimulating acupressure) to usual care for management of fatigue and pain in low back pain patients. Hypothesis: Self-administered relaxation acupressure will result in improvements in fatigue and sleep quality, pain, and physical function compared to stimulating acupressure and usual care.
Study details
- Official title
- Randomized Pilot Study of Self-Administered Acupressure for Patients With Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Relaxation acupressure
- Behavioral: Stimulating acupressure
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Start date
- 2013-05
- Primary completion
- 2016-05
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Aged18-65 years * Non-specific low back pain (either by self-report or via ICD-9 codes 724.2, 724.5, 846.0-846.9) * Low back pain that has persisted for at least 3 months * Minimum of 3/10 on the Pain Bothersome Scale * Minimum of 3/10 fatigue severity * Ambulatory with or without assistive device * Ability to operate the accelerometer (Actiwatch-S) * Stable medication regiment for the previous 2 months * Report of a physician's visit during the previous 24 months * English-speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Medically unstable (acute conditions or acute presentations of chronic conditions) * Current pregnancy * Radiculopathy or report of low back pain radiating to below the knee * Reported history of spinal fracture, herniated lumbar disc, ankylosing spondylitis, and spinal stenosis. * Report of back surgery within the preceding 12 months * Participation in active litigation or compensation claims * Conditions that might confound treatment effects or interpretation of results (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus) * Acupuncture or acupressure within the preceding 12 months * Report of sleep apnea * 2nd or 3rd shift workers or other non-traditional sleep schedules * Use of anti-coagulant/platelet therapy within the preceding month
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02106741