NCT00101387View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Effects of Lumbar PENS and Exercise in Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain

PHASE3CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

200

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2003

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Conditions
Low Back Pain
Interventions
OTHER

Lumbar PENS + General Conditioning and Aerobic Exercise

As above

OTHER

Lumbar PENS

As above

OTHER

Control Lumbar PENS

Identical needle placement as with PENS procedure, but only control needles stimulated for 5 minutes.

OTHER

Control PENS + exercise

as above

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

NIH

collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

lead

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

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