The Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on the Perception of Pain and Coping With Pain

Pilot Study on the Effect of Acupuncture Treatment on Pain Perception and on the Ability to Cope With Pain

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00369902

Enrollment

Registered

2006-08-30

Start date

2006-05-31

Completion date

2007-05-31

Last updated

2009-07-21

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Pain

Keywords

pain, acupuncture

Brief summary

The Purpose of this study is to evaluate whether cognitive and emotional components take part in the positive acupuncture effect on pain.

Detailed description

The effect of acupuncture on pain intensity has been already investigated and confirmed. Recent publication (Pariente J., et a., 2005) indicated that acupuncture may affect midbrain areas, that are associated with cognitive control of pain. The Pain Self Regulation Model (Levental, 1980)distinguishes between emotional response pain representations and cognitive pain representations. According to this model, emotional and cognitive pain representations leads to a new (cognitive or emotional) evaluation of the pain, that affects its perception and the ability to cope with it (Levental at al., 2001). This study will try to assess the hypothesis that acupuncture treatment is involved in this process. The study is designed as pilot study, limited to 45 patients.

Interventions

PROCEDUREacupuncture

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* patients suffering from pain,who are reffered for acupuncture treatment,and consented to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

* children under 18 years of age

Countries

Israel

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026