Acute Effects of Acupuncture in the Response of the Median Neurodynamic Test

Other Lesions of Median Nerve Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acute Effects of Acupuncture in the Response of the Median Neurodynamic Test: a Randomised, Double-blind, Non-inferiority Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02150915
• Other study ID #: MNT-ACUP-2014
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 27, 2014
• Last updated: September 24, 2014
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: September 2014

Study information

• Verified date: September 2014
• Source: Universidade do Porto
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Portugal: Ethics Committee for Clinical ResearchPortugal: Health Ethic Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether the application of acupuncture alters the mechanical (range of elbow extension motion) and physiological (eg, intensity and onset of discomfort, tingling feeling and/or feeling of tension or restriction of movement) responses of the neurodynamic test of nerve median in asymptomatic individuals

Description:

To understand the potential of acupuncture therapy in pain syndromes that involve changes of the mechanics and physiology of the peripheral nervous system

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 32
• Est. completion date: September 2014
• Est. primary completion date: September 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age > 18 years-old

• normal mobility in the joints of the upper quadrant

Exclusion Criteria:

• pathology that may impair nerve function (eg, diabetes)

• complaints over the past 3 months in the upper quadrant

• significant deformities in the upper quadrant

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Other Lesions of Median Nerve

Intervention

Other:
• Acupuncture therapy (leopard spot needling technique)
Comparison of the effects of a new or extraordinary acupoint versus a classical acupoint

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Portugal	Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar - Universidade do Porto	Porto

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Nuno Morais	Instituto Politécnico de Leiria

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Portugal, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Elbow extension range of motion	Elbow extension range of motion during the median nerve neurodynamic test is measured by means of a smartphone (iPhone 4; app Compass (native); iOS 7.1.1)	immediately after the application of acupuncture	No