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Action of Chinese Auricular Acupuncture with Laser associated with Systemic Cupping in people with Chronic Spine Pain

Action of Chinese Auricular Acupuncture with Laser associated with Systemic Cupping on Chronic Pain in people with Musculoskeletal Disorders in the Spine: Randomized Clinical Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-7cs387
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2018-12-12
Start date
2018-11-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

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Conditions

Chronic pain in the spine

Interventions

E02.190.044.133
Other
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The individuals will be divided into three groups, and group 1 will consist of 30 participants and will receive 10 sessions of auricular acupuncture with laser, once a week lasting 4 minutes per atten
3 or 2.3 cm diameter (Dongbang) in systemic acupuncture points: F8, VB21, VB30, in addition to specific points in the cervical region (B10 and B11), thoracic (B12, B17 and B21) and lumbar (B23, B24 an

Sponsors

Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age (18-80 years old); Presence of chronic pain, existing for three months or more; Self-reported pain intensity, with score ? four in the numerical pain intensity scale; and time availability for laser auricular acupuncture sessions.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Infection, inflammation or injury in the Auricular pavilion; Cancer patients; Piercing use (except normal earring); Previous energy therapy, such as massage, phytotherapy, reiki, floral therapy, yoga and homeopathy up to 3 months prior to the realization of the study; Physiotherapeutic treatment concomitant with the proposed intervention; Continuous use of medication for pain relief; neurological or psychiatric disease; Refusal to receive ear treatment by means of laser; Pregnant women and not responding to three attempts at contact made by the researcher.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Decreased pain intensity in the spine assessed by the analog pain scale. A variation of at least 25% in pre-and post-intervention measurements is expected—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction of pain interference in daily activities assessed through the subject characterization questionnaire, beneficial alterations in the nociceptive threshold that will be evaluated by the algometer, and alterations in tissue temperature of the spine regions That will be evaluated by means of the thermographic camera. A variation of at least 25% in pre-and post-intervention measurements is expected—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactFlávia Menezes

Universidade Federal de Alfenas

flamenezes_02@hotmail.com+55353988868188

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)