Vacuum Cupping for Chronic Neck and Back Pain - a Feasibility Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 5
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Pain intensity (Numeric rating scale (NRS))
研究概览
简要总结
Small clinical pilot studies have shown that vacuum massage-related techniques such as traditional dry cupping can reduce musculoskeletal pain such as back and neck pain. At the same time, little is yet known about the potential mechanisms of action of these therapies. A vacuum pump induces a massaging effect of the skin including the deeper tissue layers. The resulting massage technique corresponds to a kind of tissue manipulation similar to dry cupping. In this procedure, suction force and air flow can be individually adjusted. This is an advantage that can be used for patients with varying degrees of sensitivity or who are preloaded by patients with varying degrees of sensitivity or a history of pain. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of the study design.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •chronic neck or back pain
- •mean pain intensity ≥ 40 mm VAS
排除标准
- •neurological symptoms or neuropathic pain
- •vertebral column surgery less than 12 months prior to the study
- •TENS, acupuncture, osteopathy, or a chiropractic maneuvre or infiltration at the area within 4 weeks prior to the inclusion in the study
- •congenital deformation of the spine
结局指标
主要结局
Pain intensity (Numeric rating scale (NRS))
时间窗: measured at baseline (week 1) and weekly during treatment (week 2 to 5) and 1 month after last treatment
NRS is a 11-point pain scale for self-reporting of pain ("0" meaning "no pain" and "10" meaning "worst pain")
次要结局
- Quantitative sensory testing (QST)(measured at baseline (week 1) and weekly during treatment (week 2 to 5) and 1 month after last treatment)
- Neck Disability Index (NDI)(measured at baseline (week 1), at the end of treatment (week 5) and after 1 month after last treatmentekly during treatment (week 2 to 5) and 1 month after last treatment)
- Oswestry Disability Index (ODI)(measured at baseline (week 1), at the end of treatment (week 5) and after 1 month after last treatment)
- Pain diary(filled in from baseline (week 1) until last treatment (week 5))
研究者
Winfried Meißner
Principal investigator
Jena University Hospital