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Acute Effects of Acupuncture in the Response of the Median Neurodynamic Test

NCT02150915 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2014-09-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether the application of acupuncture alters the mechanical (range of elbow extension motion) and physiological (eg, intensity and onset of discomfort, tingling feeling and/or feeling of tension or restriction of movement) responses of the neurodynamic test of nerve median in asymptomatic individuals

Conditions

  • Other Lesions of Median Nerve

Interventions

OTHER

Acupuncture therapy (leopard spot needling technique)

Comparison of the effects of a new or extraordinary acupoint versus a classical acupoint

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

    collaborator OTHER

  • Nuno Morais

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Henry J Greten, PhD · Universidade do Porto - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-05-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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