Study of Zonal and Balance Acupuncture Pain Relief Effect
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interventional
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Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to investigate how effective is zonal acupuncture method compared to balance method to obtain a short coming pain relief effect, which takes place several minutes after needle insertion.
Trial Health
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for not_applicable
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 21, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
July 27, 2015
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
July 1, 2017
CompletedAugust 17, 2015
August 1, 2015
2 years
July 21, 2015
August 14, 2015
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Change of the Pain level on the VAS scale
Pain level is measured according to VAS scale before and 10 minutes and 15 minutes after the beginning of the treatment and the change of the pail level is recorded. If possible the pain level will be measured again approximately 24 hours after the treatment and the change of the pain level will be again recorded.
10 minutes, 15 minutes, 24 hours.
Study Arms (3)
Zonal
EXPERIMENTALThe zonal acupuncture group will receive a treatment according to a zonal method and a pain level will be estimated by the investigator according to a visual analog pain scale (VAS) before and 10 minutes and 15 minutes after the beginning of the treatment and the change of the pain level will be recorded. If possible the pain level will be measured again approximately 24 hours after the treatment and the change of the pain level will be again recorded.
Balance
EXPERIMENTALThe balance acupuncture group will receive a treatment according to a balance method, and a pain level will be estimated according to a visual analog pain scale (VAS) before and 10 minutes and 15 minutes after the beginning of the treatment and the change of the pain level will be recorded. If possible the pain level will be measured again approximately 24 hours after the treatment and the change of the pain level will be again recorded.
Control
NO INTERVENTIONThe control group will provide only the estimation of the the pain level according to a visual analog pain scale (VAS) but receive no acupuncture treatment. Then if possible the pain level will be measured again approximately 24 hours after the first measurement and the change of the pain level will be recorded.
Interventions
An acupuncture needle insertion according to zonal or balance method.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- post traumatic pain syndrome
- vertebrogenic pain syndrome
You may not qualify if:
- oncological diseases
- narcotic dependency
- psychiatric disorders
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- CROSSOVER
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- M.D., Ph.D., Lecturer
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 21, 2015
First Posted
July 27, 2015
Study Start
July 1, 2015
Primary Completion
July 1, 2017
Last Updated
August 17, 2015
Record last verified: 2015-08