None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Medical Device : single group, pilot study
The study protocol involved total 8 weeks, 4 weeks of treatment and after 4 weeks from the final acupuncture evaluated the efficacy.
Treatment : 3 times per
Sponsors
Comprehensive and Integrative Medical Institute
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: * Inclusion criteria were as follows: participants 1. complain of muscle cramps was diagnosed of cirrhosis and the frequency of true cramps was at least once a week regardless of part of cramps 2. serum bilirubin lever 3 mg/dL or lower 3. serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 100 IU/L or lower 4. serum creatinine 1.5 mg/dL or lower 5. international normalized ratio (INR) 1.5 or lower. 6. age 18 years or over and provided written informed consent, voluntarily 7. who able to follow-up for the duration of the study, 8. accord with the washout criteria (muscle cramps induce or inhibit drugs a week administered limit) and agreed to keep the restriction rule during the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: * Exclusion criteria were as follows: participants 1. have disease associated with muscle cramps, such as diabetes mellitus, vascular occlusive disease, peripheral neuropathy, phlebitis syndrome and thyroid disease 2. neutropenia ( absolute neutrophill count 500/? or less) 3. moderate or severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count 50,000/?less) 4. worsening liver cancer symptom such as fever, aggravationof liver function, abdominal aortic aneurysms, venous thrombosis 5. inappropriate in this study confirmed by researchers 6. childbearing age (Urine HGC positive).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The self-report of muscle cramps questionnaire | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Safety | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactMin Kwak
Daegu Oriental Hospital of Daegu Haany University
Outcome results
None listed