Acupuncture and Dry Needling in Peripheral Acute Fatigue Reduction

Sedentary Lifestyle Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acupuncture and Dry Needling in Peripheral Acute Fatigue Reduction Induced in Biceps Brachialis: Cross-Sectional Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03448120
• Other study ID #: Muscle Fatigue, Acupunture and
• Secondary ID: UFPE
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 26, 2018
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2022
• Source: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Introduction: Neuromuscular fatigue is defined when the muscle becomes incapable of generating muscle power or strength after exercise or long repetitive activities. As well as, the inability to maintain optimum performance and generate maximum voluntary contractions during a physical exercise. When performing physical activity, the body's metabolic response increases proportionally to exercise to satisfy the demands of the human physiological. Part of the energy accumulated during exercise is lost to the environment in the form of heat and another part is maintained internally through the physiological control for thermoregulation. In addition, the muscle generates an electric signal important to determine its status regarding power and fatigue.

Objective: To investigate the reduction of acute peripheral fatigue induced by isometric contractions from acupuncture and dry needling techniques, compared to absolute rest.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study and experimental study, with descriptive, analytical and quantitative approach. It follows the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines. The volunteers will be gathered according to the eligibility criteria, and randomly divided in 3 groups: the control group (G1), the volunteers who will remain in prolonged rest; the acupuncture group (G2), in which volunteers will receive six needles in six acupoints in the non-dominant upper limb and the dry needling group (G3), in which the volunteers will receive application of six needles arranged in the non-dominant biceps brachialis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: November 16, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male individuals, aged between 18 and 40 years and who are not practicing regular physical activity (sedentary lifestyle).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Are using food supplementation;

• Have joint or bone lesions on the limb to be studied;

• Have problems of metabolic order;

• Use of hormone therapy;

• Have had caffeine in the two hours before the study;

• Have ulceration or wounds in the electrode application region for electromyography;

• Show absence of myofascial trigger points in areas of dry needling technique;

• Body Mass Index below normal values or higher than overweight.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue
• Males
• Sedentary Lifestyle

Intervention

Procedure:
• Acupuncture
Six needled will be inserted in six already defined acupoints along the non-dominant upper limb for a period of 30 minutes.
• Dry needling
Six needles will be inserted in six predefined points along the volunteers non-dominant biceps brachialis for 30 minutes.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Laboratory of Kinesiotherapy and Manual Therapeutic Resources, Department of Physical Therapy, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE)	Recife	Pernambuco

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Contraction time	The time of intermittent isometric contractions was delimited by the number of valid contractions during each exercise	60 minutes
Primary	Perception of muscle fatigue	Fatigue perception measured by Visual Analog Scale for fatigue assessment, graduated from 0,00 to 10,0 centimeters, being 0,00 no fatigue and 10,0 maximum fatigue.	60 minutes
Primary	Muscle temperature	Infrared thermographic Imaging analysis of acute peripheral muscle fatigue.	60 minutes
Primary	Muscle fatigue	Electromyographic activity (in microvolts) of the biceps brachii muscle to assess muscle fatigue through the median frequency (MF).	60 minutes