Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain (Review)
Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain (Review)
Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain (Review)
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GerAc<br />
(Continued)<br />
Interventions<br />
Outcomes<br />
Starting date<br />
Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
http://www.gerac.de/index1.html<br />
Notes<br />
Harvard Med School<br />
Trial name or title<br />
Physical CAM Therapies <strong>for</strong> Chronic Low Back Pain<br />
Methods<br />
Participants<br />
Interventions<br />
Outcomes<br />
Starting date<br />
Chronic Low Back Pain<br />
Procedure: massage therapy<br />
Procedure: chiropractic<br />
Procedure: acupuncture<br />
Study Design: Treatment, R<strong>and</strong>omized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment<br />
Funding: NIH<br />
Contact in<strong>for</strong>mation Expected Total Enrollment: 120<br />
Location In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
Massachusetts<br />
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, Boston, Massachusetts, 00000, United States<br />
Harvard medical school, Boston, Massachusetts, 00000, United States<br />
More In<strong>for</strong>mation<br />
Study ID Numbers 1 R01 AT00622-01; EisenbergD<br />
Study Start Date April 2002; Estimated Completion Date December 2002<br />
Record last reviewed August 2003<br />
NLM Identifier NCT00065975<br />
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2004-04-16<br />
Notes<br />
Source: www.controlled-trials.com<br />
This study compares two approaches to the management of acute <strong>low</strong> <strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong>: usual care (st<strong>and</strong>ard benefit)<br />
vs. the choice of: usual care, chiropractic, acupuncture or massage therapy (exp<strong>and</strong>ed benefit). 480 subjects<br />
with uncomplicated, acute <strong>low</strong> <strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong> will be recruited from a health maintenance organization, <strong>and</strong><br />
r<strong>and</strong>omised to either usual care (n=160) or choice of exp<strong>and</strong>ed benefits (n=320). Patients’ preferences <strong>for</strong><br />
individual therapies <strong>and</strong> expectations of improvement will be measured at baseline <strong>and</strong> throughout the<br />
study. Subjects r<strong>and</strong>omised to the exp<strong>and</strong>ed benefits arm who choose chiropractic, acupuncture or massage<br />
will receive up to 10 treatments over a five-week period. Additional treatments will be available after the<br />
fifth week but will require a copayment. Treatments will be provided by licensed providers who have met<br />
strict credentialing criteria. Chiropractic, acupuncture or massage treatments will begin within 48 hours.<br />
<strong>Acupuncture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>dry</strong>-<strong>needling</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>low</strong> <strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong> (<strong>Review</strong>)<br />
Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />
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