The effects of massage on specific points in the feet and stimuli in points of the ear for the treatment of pain in the lumbar region of teachers and students of the health area of ??a university in the south of the country: clinical study

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: C23.888.592.612.107.400; Acute non-specific low back pain

• Registration Number: RBR-4v7bqx
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

To be a professor and / or student of the health area at the University of Southern Santa Catarina;
availability to participate in all the sessions that the study establishes; have pain in the lower back; do not present lesions, scars, inflammatory or infectious processes that can compromise sensitivity, manipulation of auriculotherapy points and reflex areas of the fee;
being at least 18 years old and not older than 75 years old

Exclusion Criteria

To be performing specific treatment for relief of low back pain, with another complementary practice; be participating in some other research for pain relief; be pregnant; have undergone surgery in the auricle that has altered the anatomy of the nerve terminals and the auricular structure; present vascular disorders in lower limbs such as varicose ulcers and or thrombosis, severe diabetes with loss of peripheral sensitivity; have undergone surgery on the feet and are showing signs of scarring and tenderness

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Reduction of acute low back pain among health teachers and students, as determined by the visual and analog intensity rating of pain (VAS), which is characterized by a ruler-like scale that contains a line of numerical markers that vary from 0 to 10 and below the figures are figures that symbolize the facial expression relative to the intensity of the pain. In this instrument the pain is defined as light (represented by numbers 0 to 1), moderate (3 to 7) and intense (8 to 10). It applies to scale before and after intervention.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Secondary outcomes are not expected