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Evaluation of acupuncture on the treatment of head,neck and shoulders pain.

Evaluation of acupuncture and electroacupuncture on the treatment of upper trapezius myofascial pain - a randomized double blinded placebo controlled study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-42kz9z
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2013-10-24
Start date
2012-04-18
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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

Conditions

Myofascial pain

Interventions

Randomized by excel. Acupuncture group: 20 subjects, lying in ventral decubit in a examination table, needles inserted bilaterally at the points GB21, GB20, unilaterally at LI4, LV3 and directly in th
total time: 30 minutes
intensity: maximum supported by the patient without pain. Volunteers from placebo group had the needles inserted on 1cm beside the acupuncture point. Each volunteer will receive 8 sessions, two sess
Other
H02.004
E02.186.250

Sponsors

Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba/UNICAMP
Lead Sponsor
FAPESP
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
18 Years to 40 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: present at least one myofascial point at the upper trapezius muscle, local or referred pain at least for 6 months and body max index between 19 and 27 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: important body posture dysfunction, fibromialgy diagnose, cervical neurological dysfunction, systemic disease or that have received physical interventions for myofascial pain at the last month before the study, that present communication difficulties,constant use medication that can relief muscular pain

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Decrease on the intensity of pain verified by analog visual scale (P<0.05).;Increase on pain pressure threshold mesuared by a digital algometer (P<0.05).;Improvement on quality of life verified by the questionnare SF-36 (P<0.05).;Increase on range of motion verified by the use of a fleximetry (P<0.05);Morphological tissue changes at the upper trapezius muscle measured - ultrasound images / grays scales and sonoelastography P<0.05);Deacrease of stress level verified by the assay of salivary cortisol (P<0.05).;Posture improvement by posture assessment software - SAPO.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Complementary data were asked at the beginning of every session (analgesics, accidents, stress emocional, headache etc)—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactMaria Gavião

Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba/UNICAMP

mbgaviao@fop.unicamp.br+55(19)2106-5368

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)