Migraine
Conditions
Keywords
acupuncture, migraine, specific acupoints, brain network
Brief summary
Selecting acupoints along meridians is the predominant principle in acupuncture treatment, and it is also considered to ensure acupuncture efficacy. This experiment is to investigate whether specific brain networks gradually come in formation in accordance with this kind of acupoint selection methods.
Detailed description
Every participants in the four intervention groups will go through functional magnetic imaging (fMRI) scan four times: the 1st scan will be performed at their baselines; the 2nd scan will be done after 2 courses (10 times) acupuncture treatment; the 3rd scan will be performed when the 4 courses end; the 4th scan will be operated after three-month enrollment. Volunteers in waiting list group will undergo the above scans at the same time points in exception of acupuncture treatment.
Interventions
OTHERmanual acupuncture
thirty minutes duration every time, five times per week for one course, a total four courses
Sponsors
Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
17 Years to 45 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* clinical diagnosis of non-aura Migraine formulated by the international headache society in 2004
Exclusion criteria
* people with other types of headache * people with organic cerebral disorders * people with primary disorders * people in moderate or severe anxiety or depression * people in pregnancy
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| improvement of headache frequency | 4 weeks |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed