Comparing the Effect of Laser Acupuncture Alone or Combined With Pranayama Exercise on Inflammatory Status/Markers in Geriatrics 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 geriatric patients.
Detailed Description
Sixty Egyptian geriatrics with allergic rhinitis, after randomization, will be divided to 2 groups; the first 30-geriatric group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation for 8 weeks to some selected acupoints and daily pranyama exercises (nearly every session will be one hour, for 8 weeks), the second group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation for eight 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
- 65 Years to 75 Years (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •geriatrics with allergic rhinitis
Exclusion Criteria
- •chest disease or heart disease or local congenital nose deformities participants received within-previous-eight-months self-prescribed or by-therapist prescribed complementary therapies
Arms & Interventions
pranayama and acupoint stimulation by laser
the 30-geriatric group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation for 8 weeks to some selected acupoints and daily pranyama exercises (nearly every session will be one hour, for 8 weeks), 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.
Intervention: pranayama plus acupoint stimulation by laser (Other)
acupoint stimulation by laser
the 30-geriatric group will receive 3-session per-week laser stimulation for 8 weeks to some selected acupoints (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.
Intervention: acupoint stimulation by laser (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
erothrocyte sidemention rate
Time Frame: It will be measured after 8 weeks
it is a inflammatory marker in serum
Secondary Outcomes
- total eosinophil count(It will be measured after 8 weeks)
- C-reactive protein(It will be measured after 8 weeks)
- Immunoglobulin E(It will be measured after 8 weeks)
- interleukin 1-beta(It will be measured after 8 weeks)
Investigators
Ali Mohamed Ali ismail
lecturer of physical therapy for Internal Medicine and Geriatrics
Cairo University