Cupping therapy for neck pain and disability

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: eck Pain

• Registration Number: RBR-3578vwr
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de Pernambuco

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-11-04
• Last Update Posted: 13 November 2023
• Study Completion: 2023-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) greater than or equal to 3 points; Neck Disability Index (NDI) greater than or equal to 13 points

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnant or lactating women; patients who use anticoagulants; anemia; use of opioid analgesics (examples: Morphine, Tramadol, Hydromorphone, Fentanyl, and others) at the time of data collection or up to three months prior; patients presenting red flags (vertebral fracture, vertebral tumor, vertebral infection; systemic diseases (autoimmune, infectious, vascular insufficiency, renal insufficiency, hepatic insufficiency, neoplasia); fibromyalgia; cervical disc herniation; previous spine surgery; patients with open or poorly healing wounds in the cervical region; cervical brachialgia; alteration of skin integrity and people who have been previously treated with cupping therapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
It is expected to find a mean difference of at least 2 in pain intensity verified by the Visual Analog Scale (VAS) in the cupping group compared to the sham group.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The expectation is to find a mean difference of at least 12.75 points in the reduction of the level of functional disability in the questionnaire verified by the Neck Disability Index (NDI) in the cupping group compared to the sham group<br>