Electroacupuncture for Sciatica Due to Intervertebral Disc Displacement (NCT02087462) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Electroacupuncture for Sciatica Due to Intervertebral Disc Displacement
China324 participantsStarted 2012-01
Plain-language summary
This multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) will evaluate the therapeutic effectiveness and health-economics of electroacupuncture for sciatica due to intervertebral disc displacement in 3 compared groups: electroacupuncture, electroacupuncture plus traction, electroacupuncture plus traction and medication.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years – 65 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Patients who meet the clinical diagnosis of sciatica caused by intervertebral disc displacement;
* Male or female, aged 18-65;
* Have completed informed consent form.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients with sciatica caused by diseases such as piriformis syndrome, thickening of ligamentum flavus, acute lumbar strain, contusion, congenital spina bifid, lumbar and sacrum deformity, lumbar sacral vertebra joint disorder or proliferative osteoarthrosis;
* Patients with urinary and fecal incontinence caused by acute lumbar disc herniation, huge or central type lumbar disc herniation sufferer in need of surgery;
* Patients who fail to finish the basic treatment course, or have poor adherence;
* Patients having a poor state, particularly unconsciousness, psychopath, severe osteoporosis, concurrent infection or bleeding susceptibly, or accompany with primary diseases in cardiovascular, digestion or hemopoietic systems and viscera as kidney, liver;
* Pregnant or lactating women;
* Patients in other clinical research.
What they're measuring
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Visual Analog Scale(VAS) of Leg Pain
Timeframe: Change from baseline in VAS of Leg Pain at 6 weeks
Trial details
NCT IDNCT02087462
SponsorChengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine