EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE ON LEG MUSCLE STRENGTH

Muscle Strength Clinical Trial

Official title:

EFFECTS OF ACUPUNCTURE ON LEG MUSCLE STRENGTH: RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN SPORTS STUDENTS

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04960150
• Other study ID #: 21-05-0541
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 4, 2021
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: October 2021
• Source: Indonesia University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Press tack needle is one of the acupuncture modalities in the form of needles that are attached to the skin, and can be left attached to the skin for several days which makes its use much easier than conventional acupuncture.

The purpose of this study was to determine how the effect of press tack needle acupuncture on leg muscle strength performed on sports students.

Research subjects as many as 30 people were randomized into two groups, namely the intervention group and the control group. In the intervention group, acupuncture treatment was performed with a press tack needle at acupuncture points on the legs. The leg muscle strength was measured using a leg dynamometer before and after the acupuncture intervention. Analyzed the difference in mean leg muscle strength before and after the intervention, and between the two groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: September 10, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 15, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• willingness to fill out an informed consent form;

• age between 18-25 years;

• male;

• has a BMI value of 18.5-22.9 kg/m2;

• there is no history of injury or history of surgery on the lower extremities in the last three months;

• the individual is in good health.

Exclusion Criteria:

• absence or refusal to be examined and not cooperative.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Health, Subjective
• Muscle Strength

Intervention

Device:
• Press tack needle
Press tack needle acupuncture using "Seirin Pyonex" sized 0.20x1.2mm
• Plesterin
Plesterin

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Indonesia	Sport Science Faculty, Universitas Negeri Jakarta	Jakarta

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Indonesia University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Indonesia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Leg muscle strength	Measurement of leg muscle strength before the intervention, and compared between the two groups	baseline (Before intervention)
Primary	Leg muscle strength	Measurement of leg muscle strength after the intervention, and compared between the two groups	35 minutes after intervention