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Auto-acupressure: Effectiveness for Diminishing Neck Pain of Benign Origin

NCT01855893 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2017-06-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the auto-acupressure (digital pressure in points of acupuncture) added to the conventional treatment.

Conditions

  • Neck Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Auto-acupressure

Patients will receive instructions about how to apply auto-acupressure once in a day during one week by their health care professionals.This technique will be complementary to the conventional treatment.

OTHER

Conventional treatment

Conventional treatment consist of: 7 days with paracetamol 1g /8 hours and/ or ibuprofen 400mg/ 8 hours, and tetrazepam 50 mg/ 12 hours

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto de Salud Carlos III

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Susana Calvo-Trujillo, MD · Gerencia Atención Primaria. Madrid

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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