Immediate effects of Acupuncture on strength and muscle pai
- Conditions
- Wounds and Injury
- Registration Number
- RBR-8bh5k7
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal do Paraná
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Participants should have at least two years of resistance training experience, in which the biceps curl exercise was part of their training routines. Participants were considered as physically active, i.e., exercised from two to three times per week using light to moderate intensities, before the commencement of the experiment.
Participants above 18 years or older
Participants with upper limb articular and muscular conditions that could affect muscle strength, e.g., tendinitis, bursitis, recent fractures, etc., hypertension or hypotension and or under the effect of drugs such as corticoids, psychotropic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic, were excluded from the study. In addition, participants with an excessive fear of needles were not included. Aged over 40 years-old
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method