THE EFFECT OF ACUPUNCTURE ON THE BLOOD LACTIC ACID LEVELS

University of Indonesia (UI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Post-exercise Sport Students

Treatments: Device: Press tack needle acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04892784

2011-1390

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background: In sports, recovery after exercise is a very important process for athletes. Several studies have shown that the rate of disease associated with athlete's recovery can be increased by several modalities, one of which is acupuncture.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to see how the effect of press tack needle acupuncture in reducing blood lactic acid levels after exercise in sports students.

Methods: The study design was a randomized controlled clinical trial. Twenty-four sport students were divided into two groups: the acupuncture group (n = 12) and the normal group (n = 12). Press tack needle was attached on PC6 Neiguan and ST36 Zusanli 30 minutes before doing high-intensity exercise. Measurement of lactic acid levels was carried out at 5 minutes and 30 minutes after exercise.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• willingness to fill out an informed consent form;
• age between 18-25 years;
• male;
• has a BMI value of 18.5-22.9 kg/m2;
• there is no history of injury or history of surgery on the lower extremities in the last three months;
• the individual is in good health.

Exclusion criteria

• absence or refusal to be examined and not cooperative.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

Press tack needle acupuncture

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Press tack needle acupuncture

Control

No Intervention group