Comparing the Effect of Laser Acupuncture Alone or Combined With Pranayama Exercise on Inflammatory Status/Markers in Children With Allergic Rhinitis
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
- Enrollment
- 60
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- erothrocyte sidemention rate
Study Overview
Brief Summary
Allergic rhinitis (AR) represents one of the most common global health problems with seriously increasing incidence over the last decades.The goal of the treatment of rhinitis is to prevent or reduce the symptoms through reduction of the inflammation of affected tissues. Acupuncture and pranayama yoga exercises had reported a significant improvement in daily symptoms and an increase of symptom-free days in many studies enrolling patients.
Detailed Description
Sixty Egyptian children with allergic rhinitis, after randomization, will be divided to 2 groups; the first 30-children group will receive 2-session per-week laser stimulation for 6 weeks to some selected acupoints and daily pranyama exercises (nearly every session will be one hour, for six weeks), the second group will receive 2-session per-week laser stimulation for six weeks to some bilateral selected acupoints. the stimulated points will be (LI 19, LI 20, ST2, and ST4. ST6, ST7, ST17, ST36, SI18, BL2, GB14, GV24 and EXHN5). Every acupoint will be stimulated with laser power of 100 mw that will be used on a spot area of 1 cm2 for 1 minute.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to 17 Years (Child)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •allergic rhinitis children
- •physician-based diagnosis of allergic rhinitis
Exclusion Criteria
- •children with intellectual disabilities
- •chest disease or heart disease or local congenital nose deformities
- •participants received within-previous-six-months self-prescribed or by-therapist prescribed complementary therapies
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
erothrocyte sidemention rate
Time Frame: It will be measured after 6 weeks
it is a inflammatory marker in serum
Secondary Outcomes
- Immunoglobulin E(It will be measured after 6 weeks)
- C-reactive protein(It will be measured after 6 weeks)
- total eosinophil count(It will be measured after 6 weeks)
- interleukin 1-beta(It will be measured after 6 weeks)
Investigators
Ali Mohamed Ali ismail
lecturer of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular / Respiratory Disorder and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University
Cairo University