Bee Venom Acupuncture for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2012-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of bee venom acupuncture on pain intensity, functional status and quality of life of patients with chronic low back pain.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Kyunghee University Medical Center
• Collaborator: Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong
• Treatments: Loxoprofen

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• nonspecific, chronic low back pain over 3 months

• Must have LBP of more than VAS 4

Exclusion Criteria:

• cancer, vertebral fracture, spinal infection, inflammatory spondylitis

• spinal operation

• radicular pain

• other musculoskeletal pain

• physicological or mental disorders

• allergic history to BV therapy or insect bite