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Motor Cortex Plasticity and the Effect of Deep Intramuscular Needling Stimulation Therapy (DIMST) in Osteoarthritis Pain

NCT01855958 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2017-09-15

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Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the cortical excitability in pain of knee osteoarthritis (OA), as well as the effect of one session of a kind of electroacupuncture (deep needling intramuscular stimulation therapy - DIMST) in this pain and the cortical excitability after the intervention.

The hypothesis is that cortical excitability is altered in this condition, confirming the findings already described in other chronic pain conditions. The investigators also believe that a session DIMST can reduce pain and alter cortical excitability, restoring its previous activity will occur from chronic pain.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

DIMST

The investigators used electro acupuncture of 2 Hz during 30 minutes.

PROCEDURE

Placebo-sham

Electro acupuncture with rubber electrodes, without current passing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Associação Fundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wolnei Caumo, PhD · Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

  • Maria L Tarragó, MD · Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-02-29
Primary Completion
2012-06-30
Completion
2012-07-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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