Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture and Modulated Electroanalgesia in Cold Induced Pain

Phase 1

Completed

• Conditions: Cold Exposure
• Interventions: Procedure: Manual Acupuncture; Device: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation; Device: Interferential Current

• Registration Number: NCT01483885
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Piauí

Brief Summary

Physiotherapy offers a range of therapeutic modalities for pain management including Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Interferential current (IC) and Acupuncture. The objective of this study was to investigate the hypoalgesic effect of TENS, CI and Acupuncture in a cold-induced pain model.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07
• Primary Completion: 2011-08
• Study Completion: 2011-10
• Status Verified: 2011-11
• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-11-29
• Study First Posted: 2011-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2011-12-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 82

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy subjects

Exclusion Criteria

• Subjects with no history of any kind of disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Manual Acupuncture	Manual Acupuncture	-
TENS 4Hz	Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation	-
Interferential Current	Interferential Current	-
TENS	Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation	-
Interferential Current 4Hz	Interferential Current	-
Interferential Current 100Hz	Interferential Current	-
TENS 100 Hz	Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cold Pain threshold	24 hours	Cold pain threshold is recorded as the time from immersing the hand in the cold water to pain using a digital timer.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain Tolerance threshold	24 hours	Cold Tolerance threshodl is recorded as the time from immersing the hand in the cold water to maximal pain tolerance using a digital timer.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Fuad Ahmad Hazime; 🇧🇷 Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil