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Acupuncture With Manual and Electrical Stimulation to Reduce Labour Pain

NCT01197950 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 303

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of manual acupuncture and electro-acupuncture on labour pain.

Conditions

  • Labour Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Manual Acupuncture

The women will receive treatment on bilateral points, both distal points and local points and the needles will be manually stimulated to reach De Qi every ten minutes during one hour.

DEVICE

Electro Acupuncture

The women will receive treatment on bilateral points, both distal points and local points and the needles will be manually stimulated to reach De Qi every ten minutes during one hour. Eight needles in the painful area (local points) will be connected to an electro-stimulator and stimulated with high frequency (80 Hz) square wave pulses (0.18-ms duration) with alternating polarity. The woman will adjust the intensity of the electrical stimulation to be just under pain threshold.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Skövde

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lena B Martensson, PhD · University of Skövde

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-10-31
Primary Completion
2011-08-31
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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