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Auriculotherapy in Tension-type Headache Due to Temporomandibular Dysfunction

NCT02309775 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2014-12-08

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Summary

Objectives: Verify the effect of auriculotherapy in patients with tension-type headache resulting from temporomandibular dysfunction.

Design: Randomized clinical study Setting: Randomized Study Participants: The study consist of 38 participants randomized into two groups: an intervention group (n = 18, sample loss = 1) and placebo group (n = 20, sample loss = 6) Interventions: The intervention group will receive treatment with auricular acupuncture in the Shen Men, Kidney, Sympathetic, Subcortex, Adrenal and Cerebral points. The placebo group will receive auriculotherapy in the trachea point.

Main outcome measures: visual analog scale for pain pain (VAS) and surface electromyography (EMG).

Conditions

  • Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

OTHER

Auriculotherapy

First cleaning of the ear is made with 70% alcohol. The seed will be stuck in the ear with an adhesive (Micropore 3M) tape. The placement, points according to Souza (1997), were: Shen Men, Sympathetic, Kidney, Subcortex, Adrenal and Cerebral. As sessions will held twice a week for a total of 10 sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Minas Gerais

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-12-31

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