Comparison of the Analgesic Effects of Acupuncture and Modulated Electroanalgesia in Cold Induced Pain

Universidade Federal do Piauí82 enrolled

Overview

Physiotherapy offers a range of therapeutic modalities for pain management including Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Interferential current (IC) and Acupuncture. The objective of this study was to investigate the hypoalgesic effect of TENS, CI and Acupuncture in a cold-induced pain model.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Cold Exposure

Interventions

Transcutaneous Electric Nerve StimulationDEVICE

Tens at 4Hz and 100 Hz will be delivered using TENS stimulator (Ibramed/Neurodyn-São Paulo, Brazil)

Interferential CurrentDEVICE

Interferential Current (IC) at 4Hz and 100 Hz will be delivered using IC stimulator (Ibramed/Neurodyn-São Paulo, Brazil)

Manual AcupuncturePROCEDURE

Manual acupuncture will be delivered with sterile needles for each subject in the acupoint TA5 and CS6 localized in the dominant forearm.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy subjects Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects with no history of any kind of disease

Locations (1)

Fuad Ahmad Hazime

Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Cold Pain threshold

Cold pain threshold is recorded as the time from immersing the hand in the cold water to pain using a digital timer.

Time frame: 24 hours

Secondary Outcomes

Pain Tolerance threshold

Cold Tolerance threshodl is recorded as the time from immersing the hand in the cold water to maximal pain tolerance using a digital timer.

Time frame: 24 hours

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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