Inter-rater-reliability and reproducibility of measurements of reflex points in the neck as diagnostic tool within neuraltherapy
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- inpatients of the clinic, no specific disease
- Registration Number
- DRKS00006322
- Lead Sponsor
- niversität Duisburg-EssenLehrstuhl und Klinik für Naturheilkund und Integrative Medizin, Knappschafts-Krankenhaus,Kliniken Essen-Mitte
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 104
Inclusion Criteria
age > 18 years
- sufficient knowledge of German language
- written informed consent
- inpatient status at our clinic
additonally for subgroup of patients treated with neuraltherapy:
neuraltherapy recommendation of treating physician during stay at our clinic
Exclusion Criteria
-severe psychiatric diseases (e.g. schizophrenia),
-pregnancy
-systemic neurological diseases (multiple sclerosis, parkinson disease, dementia)
- contra-indications against neuraltherapy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method outcome:<br>correlation between 5 diagnosticians' evaluations <br><br>timepoints:<br>ratings of the first and second examination<br><br>instrument:<br>categoric rating scale<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - overlap between diagnosticians' and patients' evaluation concerning the reflec points in the neck (sensitivity and specifity)<br>- correlation between first and second evaluation for each diagnostician (palpations)<br>- change in detectability of points after neuraltherapy (patients' and diagnosticians' evaluation)<br>- correlation between symptom severity and change in neck reflex points <br><br>(categoric rating scales)<br><br><br>