Effect of Acupuncture and Laser Acupuncture in the Treatment of People With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain.
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT05310214
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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 aim of this randomized clinical trial will be to compare the efficacy between acupuncture and laser acupuncture on pain and disability in people with chronic nonspecific low back pain .
Study details
- Official title
- Effect of Acupuncture and Laser Acupuncture on Pain and Functional Capacity in People With Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: a Randomised Controlled, Blinded Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Acupuncture
- Other: Laser acupuncture
- Sponsor
- University of Nove de Julho
- Start date
- 2022-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2022-06-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-65 years; * Non-specific LBP for at least three months * Pain intensity of at least 2 points measured using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy; * Any contraindication to ACP or having undergone treatment in the previous six months * Having undergone spinal surgery in the previous six months; * Serious spinal pathology (e.g. metastasis, spinal fracture, inflammatory, and infective diseases, caudal equine syndrome, canal stenosis, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and lumbar radiculopathy); * Currently in an acute inflammatory phase of known gastrointestinal or urinary diseases (such as cholecysticis, renal calculi, peritonitis, appendicitis);
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05310214