Acupressure for the Treatment of Raynaud's Phenomenon

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Primary Raynaud's Phenomeon
• Interventions: Behavioral: education; Other: Acupressure dilatation; Other: Acupressure

• Registration Number: NCT01784354
• Lead Sponsor: University of Michigan

Brief Summary

The use of acupressure will be compared to targeted Raynaud's education and will evaluate the' frequency, duration and pain of Raynaud's attacks.

Detailed Description

Using a Raynaud's condition score, severity of tingling, numbness and pain of attacks, the number of attacks and patient and physician visual analog scale we will assess the effect of acupressure.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Study First Submitted: 2013-01-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-01
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-05
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Primary Completion: 2013-06
• Study Completion: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 23

Inclusion Criteria

• > 18 years old
• Have Raynauds phenomenon, with at least 4 attacks in the last week
• on stable medications
• Willing to attend study visits

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Exclusion Criteria

• smoker
• have a history of stroke, heart attack or irregular heart rhythm
• uncontrolled blood pressure
• physical or mental illness that would interfere with participating in the study

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Education	education	target education toward Raynaud's
Acupressure	Acupressure dilatation	acupressure- dilatation
Acupressure relaxation	Acupressure	acupressure relaxation protocol

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Decrease in number of Raynaud's attacks	1-2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Michigan; 🇺🇸 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States