NCT00571480View on ClinicalTrials.gov

Use Ear Acupuncture as Treatment for Low Back Pain During Pregnancy

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

159

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

February 28, 2005

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Study Completion Date

January 31, 2008

Conditions
Pregnancy Related Low Back Pain
Interventions
OTHER

acupuncture

ear acupuncture needles will be inserted into three preselected acupuncture points which are thought to be specific for low back pain

OTHER

Sham acupuncture

ear acupuncture needles are inserted into three preselected acupuncture points which are thought not specific to low back pain

OTHER

standard of care

participants can take acetaminophen 650 mg no more than every 6 hours and frequent rest and topical warm/cold compress

Trial Locations (1)

06620

Yale University, New Haven

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Yale University

OTHER

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