Effects of Electronic Acupuncture Combined With Dry Cupping Therapy in Treating Back Pain Due to Lumbar Spondylosis

Last updated: November 14, 2024
Sponsor: University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Chronic Pain

Spondylolisthesis

Treatment

Electroacupuncture and Sham Dry cupping

Electroacupuncture and Dry cupping

Clinical Study ID

NCT06693453
1099/HDDD-DHYD
  • Ages 18-70
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy works to treat back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern. I

The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy reduces pain on Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of patients suffered from back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern?

  • Dose Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy improving the daily activities on Oswestry Disability index (ODI) of patients suffered from back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern?

  • What medical problems do participants have when taking Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy ? Researchers will compare dry cupping to a sham dry cupping (a sham cupping device was developed by establishing a small hole to reduce the negative pressure after suction such that inner pressure could not be maintained in the cup) to see if dry cupping therapy works to treat back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern.

Patients with back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern will be registered for this study. They will be treated with a combination of Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy.

The intervention period is two weeks. Electronic acupuncture will be performed once a day for 2 weeks. Dry cupping therapy will be performed every 4 days for 2 weeks. Data on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability index (ODI), and side effects of Electroacupuncture and Dry cuppingwill be recorded before the study and weekly for 2 weeks.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Individuals, male and female, 18-70 years of age.

  • Report pain intensity between 3 and 7 according to the pain numerical rating scale.

  • ODI disability index ≥10%.

  • Patients diagnosed with lower back pain due to Qi stagnation and blood stasissyndrome (diagnosed by a Traditional Medicine Doctor) with clinical signs: stabbing,fixed lower back pain, worse at night, stiffness in the lumbar region, difficultybending forward, extending, or rotating. The tongue is dark purple, possibly withblood stasis spots, and the pulse is wiry and tight or hesitant.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have previously performed cupping therapy in some body segment;

  • Present neurological, vestibular, visual or auditory deficits that make assessmentsimpossible;

  • Being in the gestational period;

  • Having severe spinal disease (including fractures, tumour, inflammatory diseases, ortumours);

  • Have undergone previous spinal surgery;

  • Present with radiating or sacroiliac back pain; another rheumatic disease such asfibromyalgia,or ankylosing spondylitis.

Study Design

Total Participants: 76
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Electroacupuncture and Sham Dry cupping
Phase:
Study Start date:
January 01, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
November 30, 2024

Study Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy works to treat back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern. I

The main questions it aims to answer are:

  • Does Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy reduces pain on Visual Analog Scale (VAS) of patients suffered from back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern?

  • Dose Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy improving the daily activities on Oswestry Disability index (ODI) of patients suffered from back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern?

  • What medical problems do participants have when taking Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy ? Researchers will compare dry cupping to a sham dry cupping (a sham cupping device was developed by establishing a small hole to reduce the negative pressure after suction such that inner pressure could not be maintained in the cup) to see if dry cupping therapy works to treat back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern.

Patients with back pain due to lumbar spondylosis in the qi stagnation and blood stasis pattern will be registered for this study. They will be treated with a combination of Electroacupuncture combined with Dry cupping therapy.

The intervention period is two weeks. Electronic acupuncture will be performed once a day for 2 weeks. Dry cupping therapy will be performed every 4 days for 2 weeks. Data on the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Oswestry Disability index (ODI), and side effects of Electroacupuncture and Dry cuppingwill be recorded before the study and weekly for 2 weeks.

Connect with a study center

  • Ho Chi Minh University of Medicine and Phamacy, Ho Chi Minh City,

    Ho Chi Minh City,
    Vietnam

    Active - Recruiting

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