Acute Effects of Acupuncture in the Response of the Median Neurodynamic Test: a Randomised, Double-blind, Non-inferiority Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Elbow extension range of motion
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to test whether the application of acupuncture alters the mechanical (range of elbow extension motion) and physiological (eg, intensity and onset of discomfort, tingling feeling and/or feeling of tension or restriction of movement) responses of the neurodynamic test of nerve median in asymptomatic individuals
详细描述
To understand the potential of acupuncture therapy in pain syndromes that involve changes of the mechanics and physiology of the peripheral nervous system
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •age > 18 years-old
- •normal mobility in the joints of the upper quadrant
排除标准
- •pathology that may impair nerve function (eg, diabetes)
- •complaints over the past 3 months in the upper quadrant
- •significant deformities in the upper quadrant
研究组 & 干预措施
new acupoint
Subjets in this arm receive acupuncture therapy in a new acupoint (leopard spot needling technique)
干预措施: Acupuncture therapy (leopard spot needling technique) (Other)
classical acupoint
Subjects in this arm receive acupuncture therapy in a classical acupoint in the pericardial conduit (leopard spot needling technique)
干预措施: Acupuncture therapy (leopard spot needling technique) (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Elbow extension range of motion
时间窗: immediately after the application of acupuncture
Elbow extension range of motion during the median nerve neurodynamic test is measured by means of a smartphone (iPhone 4; app Compass (native); iOS 7.1.1)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Nuno Morais
Master student in traditional chinese medicine
Universidade do Porto