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Auriculotherapy in the Treatment of Dysmenorrhea

NCT03148223 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 74

Last updated 2018-10-23

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Summary

This study aims to determine if auriculotherapy is effective in the treatment of dysmenorrhoea. This intervention consists of fixation of yellow mustard seeds at specific points of the auricular pavilion (or area), with opaque tape. Half of the participants will have specific ear pinch points stimulated by mustard seeds fixed with opaque plaster, while the other half will have only the adhesive plasters fixed, without the seeds for stimulation.

Conditions

  • Primary Dysmenorrhea

Interventions

DEVICE

auriculotherapy

The participants will be submitted to a session per week with duration of 20 minutes, for three consecutive months, to fix the adhesives. The points selected for stimulation, according to Chinese atrial mapping, are: uterus, endocrine, ovary, pituitary, shen men, sympathetic, and liver. Participants will be advised to remain with the stickers fixed to the auricle for six days.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sorocaba

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Luciane Cruz Lopes · Universidade de Sorocaba

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-05-15
Primary Completion
2018-08-30
Completion
2018-10-15

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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