Manual acupuncture, electroacupuncture and ultrasound acupuncture at acupoint ST 36: an fMRI study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Observational

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR1900026207

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2019-09-26

Start date

2012-03-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-09-30

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Manual acupuncture:Manual acupuncture at acupoint ST 36

Electroacupuncture:Electroacupuncture between acupoint ST 36 and a false acupoint which is near the acupoint ST 36, 2 Hz, 0.5-1.4 mA

Ultrasound acupuncture:Ultrasound acupuncture at acupoint ST 36, 824 KHz, 1.75 W

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

21 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Undergraduate degree and above; 2. Aged 20-30 years old; 3. In a good physical condition; 4. Meet the requirements of strict right hand; 5. Acupuncture treatment and acupuncture related research experiments have not been accepted, and no MRI scan contraindications; 6. Female subjects need to choose the appropriate time to complete the experiment during the luteal phase of the female physiological cycle.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: the subjects and their first-degree relatives have history of mental illness, head damage, and drug taking experience in the past year.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
BOLD;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactBensheng Qiu

University of Science & Technology of China

bqiu@ustc.edu.cn+86 15056903508

Outcome results