NCT02597530

Different Stimuli of Transcutaneous Electric Acupoint Stimulation(TEAS) on Acupuncture Anesthesia

Effect of Different Time of Transcutaneous Electric Acupoint Stimulation(TEAS) on Acupuncture Anesthesia

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: wangqiang · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To determine whether treating by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) combined with general anesthetic during peri-operative could alleviate the dosage of anesthetic drugs compared with control and sham group.

Detailed description

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medical technique that involves the insertion of needles at acupoints to treat diseases by Jingluo (the system of meridians, through which energy is thought to flow through the body in Chinese medicine). It is usually applied to relieve pain. Several clinical trials have been conducted to evaluate the effect of electroacupuncture on the consumption of intra-operative anaesthetics and on drug-related side-effects, with promising results. Compared with acupuncture or electroacupuncture, transcutaneous electric acupoint stimulation(TEAS) is a non-invasive technique and has some advantages, including no risk of infections or needle-induced contagious disease and reduced fear of stimulation. It can potentially be applied by any anaesthetist or pre-operative personnel with minimal training.Thus, investigators conducted this controlled, prospective, double-blinded clinical trial to investigate whether treating by transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation combined with general anesthetic during peri-operative could alleviate the dosage of anesthetic drugs compared with control and sham group.

Conditions

• Acupuncture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	TEAS	According to ancient Chinese medical books, acupoints LI4,PC6 and ST36 are chosen and identified.TEAS in long-term group will be administered 30 minutes prior to anesthesia and continued until the end of the surgery. In short-term group,TEAS will be administered 30 minutes prior to anesthesia and ended at time of anesthesia.In sham group,electrodes will be pasted 30 minutes before anesthesia but without electrical stimulation.All patients will remove electrodes on surgery over.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-11-01
• Primary completion: 2016-10-01
• Completion: 2016-12-01
• First posted: 2015-11-05
• Last updated: 2015-12-11