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Effect of Electroacupuncture on Pain Threshold

NCT ID: NCT00802165

Last Updated: 2008-12-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-12-31

Study Completion Date

2009-04-30

Brief Summary

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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

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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.

Conditions

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Pain

Keywords

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Asymptomatic normals

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Electroacupuncture Treatment Group

Group is given a total of four electroacupuncture treatments to evaluate it's anesthetic effectiveness

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Electroacupuncture

Intervention Type DEVICE

Group is given a total of four electroacupuncture treatments to evaluate it's anesthetic effectiveness

Sham Treatment Group

Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Sham electroacupuncture

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group

Interventions

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Electroacupuncture

Group is given a total of four electroacupuncture treatments to evaluate it's anesthetic effectiveness

Intervention Type DEVICE

Sham electroacupuncture

Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Normal healthy subjects

Exclusion Criteria

* Hypertension
* Heart Disease
* Pregnancy
* No spinal manipulation or other treatment or medication that could effect pain threshold
Minimum Eligible Age

10 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Logan College of Chiropractic

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Logan College of Chiropractic

Locations

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Logan College of Chiropractic

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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John Zhang, MD, PhD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 636-230-1920

Email: [email protected]

Other Identifiers

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SR0806080149

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id