Immediate Effect of Non-invasive Auricular Acupoint Stimulation for the Performance and the Meridian Activities of Archery Athletes

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

33 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-10-22

Study Completion Date

2020-12-31

Brief Summary

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In our hypothesis, auricular acupoint stimulation might improve the attention and heart rate variability in archery athletes. The meridian activities regarding the attention and action in Chinese medicine systems might be influenced.

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Detailed Description

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During the execution of archery, attention is the key of performance in elite players, especially in the initial period.

Auricular acupoint stimulation is one of the therapeutic methods of traditional Chinese medicine. It is widely applied in various diseases. Researches had concluded the use of auricular acupoint stimulation on amplifying the anesthesia effect, weight reduction and the cessation of substance abuse. This study aimed to investigate the immediate effect of non-invasive auricular acupoint stimulation on the performance and the meridian activities of archery athletes.

The investigators will collect the meridian activities and balance index with Ryodoraku device, the continuous heart rate record and the scores of the two sections as the performance. The participants will rate their attention and fatigue levels through filling the self-reported questionnaires.

Conditions

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Stress, Physiological Sport Injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

The study recruited the archery players in school teams among junior high, senior high schools, and colleges.

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

The participants were randomly assigned to the treatment group and the control group. The Ear-Acupressure group received the seeds attached by 3M tap to the auricular acupoints. The Sham-Acupressure group received sham acupoint stimulation, on the same points, but only with 3M tap. The procedure was then switched to perform cross-over study design.

Study Groups

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Ear-Acupressure Group

The subjects will receive true auricular acupoints stimulation with the attachment of Vaccaria seeds during the first round of play. After finishing the first round, the subjects will receive sham auricular acupoints stimulation.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Auricular acupoints stimulation

Intervention Type OTHER

Noninvasive auricular acupoints stimulation with seeds

Sham-Acupressure Group

The subjects will receive sham auricular acupoints stimulation with the attachment of Vaccaria seeds during the first round of play. After finishing the first round, the subjects will receive true auricular acupoints stimulation. (Crossover)

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Auricular acupoints stimulation

Intervention Type OTHER

Noninvasive auricular acupoints stimulation with seeds

Interventions

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Auricular acupoints stimulation

Noninvasive auricular acupoints stimulation with seeds

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Health volunteers, age between 13-26 years old
* Received training of archery for more than one year

Exclusion Criteria

* History of psychiatric disorders
* History of cardiovascular diseases
* Previous operation history of dominant hand
* Unwilling or unable to sign the informed consent of this study

Minimum Eligible Age

13 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

26 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes