Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture and Modulated Electroanalgesia in Cold Induced Pain

Universidade Federal do Piauí

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2; Phase 1

Conditions: Cold Exposure

Treatments: Device: Interferential Current; Procedure: Manual Acupuncture; Device: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01483885

0208.0.045.000-11

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physiotherapy offers a range of therapeutic modalities for pain management including Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Interferential current (IC) and Acupuncture. The objective of this study was to investigate the hypoalgesic effect of TENS, CI and Acupuncture in a cold-induced pain model.

Enrollment: 82 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy subjects

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with no history of any kind of disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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82 participants in 7 patient groups, including a placebo group

TENS 4Hz

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Interferential Current 4Hz

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Interferential Current

TENS

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Interferential Current

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Interferential Current

Manual Acupuncture

Experimental group

Treatment:

Procedure: Manual Acupuncture

TENS 100 Hz

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation

Interferential Current 100Hz

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Interferential Current