Investigation on the Effects of Acupuncture on Cognitive Improvement using f-NIRS

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0002299

Enrollment

Registered

2017-04-06

Start date

2016-12-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Medical Device : two experimental groups according to different sets of acupoints A, B which are known to improve cognitive function, and a control group without acupuncture

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: ? adults between the ages of 40-59 years old (both female and male) ? all subjects understand aims of this clinical trial and volunteerly participate in the study, which was approved by Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University. ? no presence of deficits in cognition with a score of =24 on the K-MMSE (Korean Mini-Mental State Examination)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: ? current use of drugs for cardiac, renal disorder and cancer ? history of significant cerebrovascular disorders including brain tumor and stroke ? typical contraindications for fNRIS

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in cerebral blood flow (?CBF, measurement of ?Oxy-Hb and ?deOxy-Hb) in the frontal lobe before and after acupuncture stimuli	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Accuracy of working memory test before and after acupuncture;Changes in CBF (?Oxy-Hb and ?deOxy-Hb) to working memory test	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactKim Hyuntae

Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University

daulish@naver.com+82-42-470-9661

Outcome results