Investigation of Wet Cupping Therapy on Heavy Metal Levels of Steel Industry Workers: A Self Controlled Interventional Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 44
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Levels of the selected heavy metals in venous blood samples before and after the interventions
研究概览
简要总结
This interventional study investigates the efficacy of Wet cupping therapy on heavy metal levels.The levels of the selected heavy metals will be measured in the blood samples obtained from the participants before and after the interventions
详细描述
Wet cupping therapy (WCT) is a traditional therapy which was used for centuries especially for detoxifiying purposes.Current literature also points out its blood clarifiying capacity in order to illuminate the underlying mechanism of this ancient treatment.
Steel industry workers, different from the general population are exposed to heavy metals more often.Conducting a study in this special group where we will evaluate the levels of selected heavy metals in blood before and after the three sessions of WCT might let us know its detoxifiying capacity based on measurable parameters.
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 55 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Male
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Healthy individuals
- •Iron and Steel industry workers
排除标准
- •having any chronic disorder
- •being on daily medication
- •wet cupping application in the last 6 months
结局指标
主要结局
Levels of the selected heavy metals in venous blood samples before and after the interventions
时间窗: 3 months
the levels of the calculated heavy metals will be in ppm
次要结局
- Levels of the selected heavy metals in cupping blood samples obtained during the first intervention(1 month)
研究者
SULEYMAN ERSOY
Assist.Prof. Department of Family Medicine
Karabuk University