Effect of Electroacupuncture on Pain Threshold
- Conditions
- Pain
- Interventions
- Device: ElectroacupunctureDevice: Sham electroacupuncture
- Registration Number
- NCT00802165
- Lead Sponsor
- Logan College of Chiropractic
- Brief Summary
This study is designed to evaluate whether or not electroacupuncture can have an effect on the pain threshold of the subject, as compared to sham treatment.
- Detailed Description
This study is utilized to evaluate the what effectiveness electroacupuncture has on pain threshold as compared to sham. The outcome measurement utilized will be a digital algometer. The electroacupuncture treatment will consist of a total of four electroacupuncture treatments stimulating acupuncture points LI4 and LI11, and will be given on the same upper extremity tested by the algometer. The algometer measurements will occur alone on the first week, prior to the treatments on the second and third week, and the final reading alone on the fourth week.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
- Normal healthy subjects
- Hypertension
- Heart Disease
- Pregnancy
- No spinal manipulation or other treatment or medication that could effect pain threshold
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Electroacupuncture Treatment Group Electroacupuncture Group is given a total of four electroacupuncture treatments to evaluate it's anesthetic effectiveness Sham Treatment Group Sham electroacupuncture Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Digital Algometer Four Weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Logan College of Chiropractic
🇺🇸Chesterfield, Missouri, United States