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Acupuncture for low back pain due to spondylolisthesis: study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial.
Trial report in Trials, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01909284 (Pilot Study of Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture on Patient With Spinal Pain Due to Spondylolithesis), which is not on this map. Cited by 8 papers.
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Pilot Study of Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture on Patient With Spinal Pain Due to Spondylolithesis
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evaluation of vascular pain in patients with colorectal cancer receiving peripheral venous chemotherapy with or without oxaliplatin.Scientific reports · 2019Trial
- Effect evaluation of acupuncture combined with nerve block treatment on patients with lumbar spondylolisthesis.International journal of burns and trauma · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Evaluation Methods for Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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- Objective evaluation of oxaliplatin-induced vascular pain secondary to peripheral vein administration.SpringerPlus · 2016Article
- Subjective and objective assessment of oxaliplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy.SpringerPlus · 2015Article
- Evaluation of invasiveness in single-site laparoscopic colectomy, using "the PainVision™ system" for quantitative analysis of pain sensation.Surgical endoscopy · 2014Article
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSpondylolisthesis is the major cause of refractory low back pain. There are many studies of the surgical treatment of spondylolisthesis, but few of conservative treatments. There is also no optimal conservative treatment protocol, however, low back pain caused by low-grade spondylolisthesis is controlled with non-surgical pain management. Acupuncture has become a useful method for treating low back pain, but there has not been any study of its efficacy in relation to spondylolisthesis. This study was designed to establish the feasibility of a randomized controlled trial and the safety of acupuncture for low back pain due to low-grade spondylolisthesis. METHODS/
designThe study is a randomized controlled pilot clinical trial of five weeks duration. Fourteen patients will be recruited and randomly allocated to two groups: an acupuncture plus interlaminar epidural steroid injection group (experimental group), and an interlaminar epidural steroid injection group (control group). All patients will be administered an interlaminar epidural steroid injection once a week for three weeks (three injections in total), but only the experimental group will receive additional treatment with three acupuncture sessions a week for three weeks (nine acupuncture sessions in total). The primary outcome will be measured by the visual analogue scale (VAS). Our primary end point is three-week VAS. The secondary outcome will be measured using the PainVision system, the short-form McGill Pain Questionnaire, and the Oswestry Disability Index. Assessments will be made at baseline and at one, three and five weeks thereafter (that is, the five-week assessment will be made two weeks after treatment cessation). DISCUSSION: This randomized controlled pilot trial will inform the design of a further full-scale trial. The outcomes will provide some resources for incorporating acupuncture into existing pain management methods such as interlaminar epidural steroid injection in low-grade spondylolisthesis.
trial registrationThis trial is registered with the US National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials registry: NCT01909284.
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