The Role of Manual Twirling Acupuncture in Reducing Muscle Pain and Stiffness After Biceps Curling in Healthy Untrained Individuals

University of Indonesia (UI)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stiffness of Elbow, Not Elsewhere Classified; Muscle Soreness

Treatments: Procedure: Manual Acupuncture Twirling,; Procedure: Manual Acupuncture Sham

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06366555

24-02-0268

Details and patient eligibility

About

Regular physical activity can help to prevent and control non-communicable disease. WHO recommends at least in adults to do moderate-vigorous physical activity includes muscle strengthening. But regardless the importance and recommendations of physical activity, not all of the world's population does it .Biceps Curling is a popular physical exercise which easy to do , it can strengthen the muscles in the upper body. However based on the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) in individuals who just starting to do physical exercise may experience pain and can become a barrier to do physical activity, so an approach is needed to prevent this and acupuncture is one of them. Currently, a lot of acupuncture research has been carried out to reduce the condition pain and stiffness after weight training, but there are not many study using manual acupuncture twirling in this condition .

That's why the aim of this study Is to see the efficacy of giving manual acupuncture with twirling stimulation for pain and stiffness post weight training. The study method will be a Single Blinded Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial which will compare the efficacy of Manual Acupuncture twirling with Manual Acupuncture Sham for post-exercise pain and stiffness . The outcomes consist of Visual Analog Scale, Pain Pressure Threshold, Range of motion of elbow flexor at 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours post weight training

Full description

This is a clinical trial study with cross-over design with 1 week wash out period to evaluate and compare the effects of Manual Acupuncture twirling and Manual Acupuncture sham for pain and stiffness after Biceps Curling (Weight Training) on healthy untrained subjects. The subjects are 48 males/female and will be randomly assigned to 2 groups: (1) Manual Acupuncture Twirling/Manual Acupuncture Sham and (2) Manual Acupuncture Sham/Manual Acupuncture twirling group . The subjects will receive two times treatment on day 1 and day 7. The outcome will be assessed each before treatment (baseline) at 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours post weight training. Patients and the outcome assessors will be blinded to the group allocation.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy Individuals with no exercise program
• Elligible for physical exercise
• Willing to take part in the study and sign informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Consuming anti-inflammatory drugs, muscle relaxants and received any type of acupuncture within 7 days before the study
• Having contraindications of manual acupuncture (Pregnant, malignancy, bleeding disorders, needle phobia)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

Manual acupuncture twirling

Experimental group

Description:

In the intervention group, acupuncture needles were inserted using a tube with manipulation parameters, puncture is carried out using a sized needle 0.14 x 25 mm penetrates the plaster and skin with using the help of a 30 mm long tube to achieve a puncture depth of 20 mm and a twirling manipulation is carried out. For kinematic parameters of rotational movement in the same direction clockwise (to the right) by 180 degrees, 3 rad/s for 30 seconds at points PC2 and LU5. The time parameters were retained for 20 minutes and twirling was manipulated 0 minutes and 10 minutes. After the retention is over, control the bleeding with Press on the needle insertion point for 10 seconds or until the bleeding stops

Treatment:

Procedure: Manual Acupuncture Twirling,

Manual acupuncture sham

Sham Comparator group

Description:

in the sham group acupuncture needles were inserted using a tube without any manipulation parameters and not penetrating the skin. The needles then left for 20 minutes.

Treatment:

Procedure: Manual Acupuncture Sham