The effectiveness of acupressure in decreasing pain and anxiety in injured athletes
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal sports injuryPainAnxietyAlternative and Complementary Medicine - Other alternative and complementary medicineInjuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidentsAnaesthesiology - Pain management
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12611001204932
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Anthony Schneiders
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 138
Inclusion Criteria
People presenting to Otago Sports Injury Clinic with minor and moderate acute sports injuries requiring analgesia.
Exclusion Criteria
Insufficient knowledge of the English language, inability to give informed consent, overt neurological or psychiatric disorders or self-reported, pregnancy, recent pharmacological pain relief for the presenting injury, major (severe) injuries, wounds over acupressure application point, any type of drug abuse
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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