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Psychological Outcomes From a Study of Acupuncture Treatment on Experimentally Primary Dysmenorrhea

NCT00689897 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2011-06-23

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Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the associations between deqi, the effects of acupuncture and personality in primary dysmenorrhea and to characterize the nature of the deqi phenomenon on terms of the prevalence of sensations as well as the uniqueness of the sensations underlying the deqi experiment.

Conditions

  • Primary Dysmenorrhea

Interventions

PROCEDURE

acupuncture, Deqi

Immediately after insertion of a needle, it is manually rotated backwards and forwards to induce the DeQi sensation.

PROCEDURE

acupuncture, Non-Deqi

After insertion of a needle, no manipulation is applied, and the needle is retained for 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Fifth Hospital of Wuhan

    collaborator OTHER

  • Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wei Wang · Tongji Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-06-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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