Musculoskeletal pain and chronic pain
Conditions
Interventions
It will be held as intervention for the four treatment groups with auricular acupuncture.
Auricular acupuncture is applied in four volunteer groups:
Experimental group 1-50 individuals (men and women)
for this, the ear points will be applied: Shenmen, Rim, sympathetic associated with parts of the energy balance and location of pain complaint in the spine, namely the cervical vertebrae, thoracic and
for this, the ear points will be applied: Zero, cervical Vertebra, thoracic vertebra, lumbar vertebra, Synthesis. The procedure will be performed by a qualified professional, applied and sterile semi-
this will be applied to the eye point, that alone will not cause any effect on the individual. The procedure will be performed by a qualified professional, applied and sterile semi-permanent needles f
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Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 90 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Size of Target Sample: 200. Age (18 years or more); orientation in time; place and person; report the presence of chronic pain (existing for six months or more); score more than four on the Numerical Pain Intensity Scale; have availability of time for submission to auricular acupuncture sessions.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Have infection; inflammation or injury to the ear; make use of piercing (except ordinary earring); people who have allergies to metal or micropore; those who use other energy therapies (massage; herbal medicine; reiki; flower therapy); physical therapy in period of auricular acupuncture; make continued use of medication for pain relief; do not answer three tries against to the researcher; refuse to receive the headset processing with needles and pregnant women.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Auricular acupuncture action in reducing chronic pain affecting the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions in people with musculoskeletal disorders, within two months: before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end treatment. Pain intensity will be verified by varying the pressure pain threshold at predetermined points along the spine, which is measured by a digital algometer x Force in kilograms / square centimeter, from the finding of a change of at least five percent in pre and post intervention measurements. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Heart rate before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end of treatment. Heart rate is measured by the digital esfigmonanômetro. Will be held the measurement on the left arm of the individual, remaining at the technical, the member at heart level (level of the midpoint of the sternum or fourth intercostal space), free clothes, supported, with the palm of the hand facing up and the elbow slightly flexed. Respiratory rate before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end of treatment. Respiratory rate will be measured by palpation of the chest and the count of the thoracic respiratory motion during the period of one minute, using an analog clock. Temperature of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar before, during, after the application of ear acupuncture, and fifteen days after the end of treatment. To evaluate the temperature of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar regions will be images taken by an infrared sensor positioned horizontally at a distance of one meter and forty centimeters and vertically set in the last sacral vertebra volunteer. For this evaluation, the room will be pre-heated at twenty-three degrees Celsius for twenty minutes. The volunteer will wait for fifteen minutes at rest before the image is taken. Each participant will be in the standing position, remaining top and shorts. To obtain thermographic images, the subject will remain on your back with arms at your sides. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactCaroline;Caroline Moura;Moura
Universidade Federal de Alfenas;Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Outcome results
None listed