Effect of Electroacupuncture on Pain Threshold

Logan College of Chiropractic

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Pain

Treatments: Device: Sham electroacupuncture; Device: Electroacupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00802165

SR0806080149

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full description

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.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Normal healthy subjects

Exclusion criteria

• Hypertension
• Heart Disease
• Pregnancy
• No spinal manipulation or other treatment or medication that could effect pain threshold

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Electroacupuncture Treatment Group

Experimental group

Description:

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

Treatment:

Device: Electroacupuncture

Sham Treatment Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Sham electroacupuncture