Hemodynamic Changes During Dry Cupping Therapy on Low Back Pain

Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Oxygen Metabolism; Muscle Spasticity

Treatments: Procedure: Negative pressure therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03816787

NIRS for Cupping Therapy

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the hemodynamic changes during dry cupping therapy (DCT) on low back pain. 50 patients with low back pain as experimental group and 50 healthy people as control group are treated by DCT. They will receive four consecutive WCT application in one month. Optical sensors were used to monitor the hemodynamic changes including oxyhemoglobin ([HbO2]), deoxy-hemoglobin ([Hb]) and the derived change in blood volume ([tHb]) in/surround the cupping sites during treatment. The investigators hope to interpret the curative effect of DCT from the perspective of modern hemodynamics.

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have had non-specific low back pains at least 12 weeks now.
• Healthy people who are interested in dry cupping therapy

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who have had non-specific low back pains at least 12 weeks now.
• Healthy people who are interested in dry cupping therapy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who have low back pain due to specific and known etiological causes (infection, tumor, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, fracture, inflammatory process, radicular syndrome, cauda equinal syndrome).

• Patients who are inappropriate to the wet cupping treatment.

  • AIDS, Active Hepatitis, Tuberculosis, Syphilis
  • Patients who regularly take anticoagulants, antiplatelet drugs
  • Anemia, thrombocytopenia
  • Hemorrhagic disease like hemophilia
  • Diabetes
  • Severe cardiovascular disease
  • Kidney diseases (renal failure, chronic renal disease)

• Patients who have experiences of wet cupping treatment during last 3 months.

• Patients who have had treatment for low back pain during last 2 weeks.

• Patients who are in pregnancy or have plan to conception.

• Patients who have vertebra surgery or have plan of surgery.

• Patients who are inappropriate to join this trial judged by the radiologists or specialists.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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80 participants in 2 patient groups

dry cupping for patients of low back pain

Experimental group

Description:

Patients will receive four consecutive dry cupping therapy application in one month.

Treatment:

Procedure: Negative pressure therapy

dry cupping for health people

Active Comparator group

Description:

Health people will receive four consecutive dry cupping therapy application in one month.

Treatment:

Procedure: Negative pressure therapy