The Effect of Acupressure on Severity of Fatigue and Pain of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) disease in female members of MS Association.
- Conditions
- multiple sclerosis.multiple sclerosis
- Registration Number
- IRCT201108276247N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 100
women with stable vital signs; lack of wounds and deformity in the LI4( When the thumb is in full extension, the middle point of the angle between the first and second metacarpal), ST36(The width of a finger tip to the side with the lower edge of the tibia 3 cun below the knee), SP6(or sanyingiao 3 cun above the inner ankle to the back edge of the posterior tibia); being able to read and write; confirmed fatigue related to MS; no history of using acupressure; no history of smoking, using drugs or pills; age between18-40 and EDSS is between 0-5.5.
Exclusion criteria: unwillingness to continue participation in the trial; complications during the procedure; known physical and mental disorders; being perform the acupressure point 4LI, ST36, SP6 and don't have any sense of warmth, heaviness, swelling or numbness and not performing more than a quarter of days.
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain reduction. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after, two weeks after the first two weeks after the last intervention. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale.;Fatigue reduction. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after, two weeks after the first two weeks after the last intervention. Method of measurement: Fatigue Severity Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Severity of pain. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after, two weeks after the intervention and four weeks after the first intervention. Method of measurement: Visual analog scale.;Severity of fatigue. Timepoint: Before the intervention, immediately after, two weeks after the intervention and four weeks after the first intervention. Method of measurement: Fatigue Severity Scale.