AcuGraph and Digestive Symptoms

Logan College of Chiropractic

Status: Completed

Conditions: Irritable Bowel Syndrome; Diarrhea; Digestive Disorders; Constipation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00846794

SR1219080169

400

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research is designed to study the reliability of the results of an AcuGraph in college students and faculty members with reported digestive symptoms

Full description

The specific aim of the study is to test the reliability of the AcuGraph in subjects with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). The hypothesis is that the AcuGraph will be a reliable method to identify disorders in subjects.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Subjects will be required to answer a questionnaire evaluating for a percentage of digestive disorders "disability" based on the subject's answers. If a participant's answers do not qualify as a disability, they will be assigned to the asymptomatic group and will still be examined with an AcuGraph to provide normative data.

Exclusion criteria

• heart condition
• kidney disorder
• thyroid disorders
• diabetes
• chronic disease or illness
• neurological diseases
• skin or bleeding disorders
• pregnant
• currently taking drugs or nutritional supplements
• pacemaker and/or

Trial design

30 participants in 2 patient groups

1 Asymptomatic

Description:

students with conditions being studied

2 Symptomatic

Description:

students without conditions being studied