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The effects of massage on specific points in the feet and stimuli in points of the ear for the treatment of pain in the lumbar region of teachers and students of the health area of ??a university in the south of the country: clinical study

The effects of Foot Reflexology and Auriculotherapy in the reduction of non - specific acute low back pain among health professors and students: a randomized clinical trial.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-4v7bqx
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-08-05
Start date
2019-02-05
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

Acute non-specific low back pain

Interventions

The study contemplates 3 intervention groups (A, B and C) for the relief of non-specific acute low back pain and for each group, 80 participants are allocated through the randomization process. Group
Other
E02.190.599.750.750
E02.190.204

Sponsors

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 75 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: To be a professor and / or student of the health area at the University of Southern Santa Catarina; availability to participate in all the sessions that the study establishes; have pain in the lower back; do not present lesions, scars, inflammatory or infectious processes that can compromise sensitivity, manipulation of auriculotherapy points and reflex areas of the fee; being at least 18 years old and not older than 75 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: To be performing specific treatment for relief of low back pain, with another complementary practice; be participating in some other research for pain relief; be pregnant; have undergone surgery in the auricle that has altered the anatomy of the nerve terminals and the auricular structure; present vascular disorders in lower limbs such as varicose ulcers and or thrombosis, severe diabetes with loss of peripheral sensitivity; have undergone surgery on the feet and are showing signs of scarring and tenderness

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction of acute low back pain among health teachers and students, as determined by the visual and analog intensity rating of pain (VAS), which is characterized by a ruler-like scale that contains a line of numerical markers that vary from 0 to 10 and below the figures are figures that symbolize the facial expression relative to the intensity of the pain. In this instrument the pain is defined as light (represented by numbers 0 to 1), moderate (3 to 7) and intense (8 to 10). It applies to scale before and after intervention.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes are not expected—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactGraciela de Medeiros

Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

gracielamendoncamedeiros@gmail.com+55-48-37219000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)