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Electroacupuncture is Effective in Cardiac Deconditioning Induced by Head-down Bed Rest

NCT02300207 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2014-11-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To investigate the changes of cardiovascular function during short-term simulated weightlessness after electroacupuncture (EA) treatment．

Conditions

  • Cardiovascular Abnormalities
  • Weightlessness

Interventions

DEVICE

electronic acupuncture treatment instrument

Electroacupuncture was performed using small-sized (1.5 cm) cutaneous electrode pads placed bilaterally at the PC-6 points of the forearms (Supplementary Figure 1). The intensity of the electrical stimulation was adjusted to produce the most intense tolerable electrical sensation without muscle contractions or uncomfortable feelings at a frequency of 50 Hz using the Hwato electronic acupuncture treatment instrument (Model No. SDZ-II; Suzhou Medical Appliances Co, Ltd, Suzhou, China).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Air Force Military Medical University, China

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Xiqing Sun, Ph.D · Department of Aerospace Biodynamics, Faculty of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
28 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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