NCT01483885

Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture and Modulated Electroanalgesia in Cold Induced Pain

Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture and Modulated Electroanalgesia in Cold Induced Pain.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1 / Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 82 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Piauí · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Physiotherapy offers a range of therapeutic modalities for pain management including Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Interferential current (IC) and Acupuncture. The objective of this study was to investigate the hypoalgesic effect of TENS, CI and Acupuncture in a cold-induced pain model.

Conditions

• Cold Exposure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation	Tens at 4Hz and 100 Hz will be delivered using TENS stimulator (Ibramed/Neurodyn-São Paulo, Brazil)
DEVICE	Interferential Current	Interferential Current (IC) at 4Hz and 100 Hz will be delivered using IC stimulator (Ibramed/Neurodyn-São Paulo, Brazil)
PROCEDURE	Manual Acupuncture	Manual acupuncture will be delivered with sterile needles for each subject in the acupoint TA5 and CS6 localized in the dominant forearm.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2011-12-02
• Last updated: 2011-12-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil