NCT04688892

Immediate Effects of Dynamic Cupping on Median Nerve's Mechanosensitivity

Immediate Effects of Dynamic Cupping on Median Nerve's Mechanosensitivity, Measured by the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1 (ULNT1) in Healthy Participants: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Fernando Pessoa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose oh this study is to verify the immediate effects of dynamic cupping on median nerve's mechanosensitivity, measured by the upper limb neurodynamic test 1 (ULNT1) in healthy participants.

Detailed description

After completing the socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire, the participants will be randomly assigned into two designated groups, the Intervention Group (IG; n = 30) (dynamic cupping therapy throughout the median nerve course) and the Control Group (CG; n = 30) (remained at rest for 5 minutes), using the software www.graphpad.com/quickcals.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Cupping	dynamic cupping

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-12-11
• Primary completion: 2020-12-16
• Completion: 2020-12-30
• First posted: 2020-12-30
• Last updated: 2021-09-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal