Vacuum Cupping for Chronic Neck and Back Pain

Jena University Hospital

Status

Completed

Conditions

Back Pain

Chronic Pain

Neck Pain

Treatments

Device: AERO vacuum cupping device

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05392283

VC2022-1.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

Small clinical pilot studies have shown that vacuum massage-related techniques such as traditional dry cupping can reduce musculoskeletal pain such as back and neck pain. At the same time, little is yet known about the potential mechanisms of action of these therapies. A vacuum pump induces a massaging effect of the skin including the deeper tissue layers. The resulting massage technique corresponds to a kind of tissue manipulation similar to dry cupping. In this procedure, suction force and air flow can be individually adjusted. This is an advantage that can be used for patients with varying degrees of sensitivity or who are preloaded by patients with varying degrees of sensitivity or a history of pain. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility of the study design.

Enrollment

5 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

chronic neck or back pain
mean pain intensity ≥ 40 mm VAS

Exclusion criteria

neurological symptoms or neuropathic pain
vertebral column surgery less than 12 months prior to the study
TENS, acupuncture, osteopathy, or a chiropractic maneuvre or infiltration at the area within 4 weeks prior to the inclusion in the study
congenital deformation of the spine