Effect of Acupuncture Dry Needle in Treatment of Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06140264
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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)
Low back pain affects about 60% to 90% of the working-age population in modern industrial society. Chronic mechanical low back pain (CMLBP) is the most common problem of the working-age population in modern industrial society; it causes a substantial economic burden due to the wide use of medical services and absence from work. The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the short-term effect of acupuncture dry needle in treatment of chronic mechanical low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Short Term Effect of Acupuncture Dry Needle in Treatment of Chronic Mechanical Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Acupuncture dry needle
- Sponsor
- Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
- Start date
- 2022-09-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-01-11
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 20 Years to 45 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Saudi Arabia
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age ranges from 20 to 45 years old. 2. Pain of at least 30 mm to 70 mm on a visual analogue scale (VAS) from 0 mm (no pain) to 100 mm (worst imaginable pain). 3. Presence of MTrPs at least in 4 muscles on any side. 4. Patients had lower back myofascial pain syndrome for at least 3 months ago. Exclusion Criteria: A history of previous back surgery, neurologic deficit, current lower extremity symptoms, cardiopulmonary disease with decreased activity tolerance, rheumatologic conditions, polyarticular osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and advanced lumbar degenerative disease, patients receiving other treatment in the form of physical therapy or medication for the duration of the study that may interfere with the results of this study.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06140264