NCT00070824

Functional Brain Imaging - Acupuncture and Osteoarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) · NIH
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to use single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (f-MRI) of the brain to study the response of both normal participants and participants with Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee to acupuncture.

Detailed description

Recent experimental studies in both animal and humans have begun to demonstrate some measurable physiologic effects that are associated with acupuncture, suggesting the possibility of a neurophysiologic explanation. In addition, brain research continues to uncover a complex set of endogenous neurologic control systems, such that it has become clear that the brain plays a major role in the modulation of pain perception and control. If acupuncture can be demonstrated to have a consistent effect on specific areas of the brain, it will become possible to explore the potential efficacy of acupuncture based on measurable neurophysiologic responses.

Conditions

• Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	acupuncture

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-01-01
• Completion: 2007-04-01
• First posted: 2003-10-13
• Last updated: 2007-09-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States