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Acupressure for Fatigue and Low Back Pain

NCT02106741 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 51

Last updated 2016-10-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare two kinds of self-administered acupressure (relaxation acupressure and stimulating acupressure) to usual care for management of fatigue and pain in low back pain patients.

Hypothesis: Self-administered relaxation acupressure will result in improvements in fatigue and sleep quality, pain, and physical function compared to stimulating acupressure and usual care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Relaxation acupressure

The relaxation acupressure protocol will use a set of nine fixed acupoints: forehead, twixt the eyebrows (unilateral); posterior neck, behind the ears (bilateral); palmer side of hand at wrist (bilateral); inside of lower leg (bilateral); top of foot (bilateral). A trained acupressure educator will meet with each participant and demonstrate the sites and techniques for self-administered acupressure. Additionally, each participant will receive a demonstration DVD and a laminated handout detailing the locations of each acupoint. Participants will be asked to perform daily acupressure sessions using the assigned sites. Each site is stimulated for 3 minutes, and the entire session can be completed in approximately 30 minutes.

BEHAVIORAL

Stimulating acupressure

The stimulating acupressure protocol will use a set of ten fixed acupoints: top of the head (unilateral); below the navel (unilateral); back of the hand (bilateral); outside of lower leg (bilateral); inside of lower leg (bilateral); inside of ankle (bilateral). A trained acupressure educator will meet with each participant and demonstrate the sites and techniques for self-administered acupressure. Additionally, each participant will receive a demonstration DVD and a laminated handout detailing the locations of each acupoint. Participants will be asked to perform daily acupressure sessions using the assigned sites. Each site is stimulated for 3 minutes, and the entire session can be completed in approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Susan L Murphy, ScD, OTR · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-05-31
Primary Completion
2016-05-31
Completion
2016-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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