the Effect of Dry Cupping on Muscle Strength in Normal Individual

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Student Education; Normal Adults

Treatments: Procedure: dry cupping and curl exercise; Procedure: curl exericse

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06969976

O6U.PT.REC/024/002001

Details and patient eligibility

About

assessment of strengthening exercise during the application of dry cupping in normal adults

Full description

this study will be conducted to answer the following questions: is the application of dry cupping will be effective during strengthening biceps muscle in normal adults who randomly assigned to 2 groups

Enrollment: 84 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age ranges from 20 to 25 years
• the assessment is done on dominant hand

Exclusion criteria

• age >25 and <20 years
• having any problem in the tested upper limb (disease affecting shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand)
• having any cardiovascular problems
• cervical disorders affecting upper limb

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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84 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

using dynamometer for the immediate effect of strengthening exercise for biceps muscle (biceps curl) without the application of dry cupping

Treatment:

Procedure: curl exericse

experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

using dynamometer for the immediate effect of strengthening exercise for biceps muscle during the application of dry cupping

Treatment:

Procedure: dry cupping and curl exercise