Acute Effects of Acupuncture in the Response of the Median Neurodynamic Test

Nuno Morais

Status: Completed

Conditions: Other Lesions of Median Nerve

Treatments: Other: Acupuncture therapy (leopard spot needling technique)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02150915

MNT-ACUP-2014

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test whether the application of acupuncture alters the mechanical (range of elbow extension motion) and physiological (eg, intensity and onset of discomfort, tingling feeling and/or feeling of tension or restriction of movement) responses of the neurodynamic test of nerve median in asymptomatic individuals

Full description

To understand the potential of acupuncture therapy in pain syndromes that involve changes of the mechanics and physiology of the peripheral nervous system

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age > 18 years-old
• normal mobility in the joints of the upper quadrant

Exclusion criteria

• pathology that may impair nerve function (eg, diabetes)
• complaints over the past 3 months in the upper quadrant
• significant deformities in the upper quadrant

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

new acupoint

Experimental group

Description:

Subjets in this arm receive acupuncture therapy in a new acupoint (leopard spot needling technique)

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture therapy (leopard spot needling technique)

classical acupoint

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects in this arm receive acupuncture therapy in a classical acupoint in the pericardial conduit (leopard spot needling technique)

Treatment:

Other: Acupuncture therapy (leopard spot needling technique)