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Acute Salivary Flow Rate Response to Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Versus Electro-acupuncture

NCT04211324 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2019-12-26

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Summary

Between available therapies for dry mouth is electrostimulation. Using an extra-oral device like TENS - which result in a statistically significant - increases the quantity of whole salivary flow rate production in xerostomia patients. The use of acupuncture as an alternative treatment modality for xerostomia has been documented in the Western medical field since the 1980s. Observational studies have demonstrated that acupuncture treatment may increase salivary flow in healthy volunteers.

Conditions

  • Salivation

Interventions

DEVICE

TENS

Volunteers in this group (n=50) will receive only one session of 5-minute extra-oral TENS applied on bilateral parotid gland with 50 HZ frequency and pulse duration 250 µs.

DEVICE

electro-acupuncture

Volunteers in this group (n=50) will receive only one session of 5-minute electro-acupuncture on local acu-points St4 and St 7 bilateraly with 2 HZ frequency.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • ali ismail, lecturer · Lecturer PT for Cardiovascular / Respiratory Disorder and Geriatrics

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-04
Primary Completion
2020-02-15
Completion
2020-03-01

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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