The Effect Of Ears Acupuncture On Fitness Test 12 Minutes Running in Students Of Medical Faculty UNHAN RI

Indonesia University63 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to study the use of ear acupuncture in 12 minutes running test on third semester of cadets of Medical Faculty, Indonesia Defense University, between intervention and sham group. The outcome measure are heart rate, blood pressure, running distance, intensity and VAS RPE also VAS leg intensity.

Ear acupuncture is a affordable, easy and non-invasive method with good evidence of effectiveness in the scope of physical training. Several previous studies has proven the effectiveness of acupuncture in physical exercise, including helping increases oxygen absorption and reduces lactic acid after exercise, lowering chronic musculoskeletal pain. In reducing pain after physical activity, ear acupuncture has been shown to reduce VAS leg intensity. This shows that ear acupuncture can helps athletes recover after intense training faster. At the Defense University of the Republic of Indonesia (UNHAN RI), Study Program students Bachelor of Medicine (cadet) has both academic demands and military training. The military education demands high stamina and physical fitness. To make sure the cadets are in a fit condition to face daily activities with a busy and numerous schedule physical activity, a physical fitness assessment is carried out at the end of each semester using the 12 run test. By doing this test, principal investigator aims to observe the effect of giving ear press needle acupuncture compare with sham on running 12 minutes in Indonesian Defense University student of medical faculty.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Sports Physical Therapy Military Activity Exercise Overtraining

Interventions

press needle acupuncturePROCEDURE

Placement of press needle on the ear acupuncture point : MA-TF1 Shenmen, MA-IC4 Heart, and MA-IC4 Sympathetic

sham press needle acupuncturePROCEDURE

Placement of adhesive plaster on the ear acupuncture point : MA-TF1 Shenmen, MA-IC4 Heart, and MA-IC4 Sympathetic

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 20 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Indonesian Defense University Military FK Student Batch 4, Third semester * Gender male or female, age 18-20 years * Physically healthy based on the results of medical check-ups in the last 6 months mini medical check up (blood pressure, pulse, saturation, glucose and, Hb check carried out by researchers) as well as being eligible for physical exercise, assessed by PAR-Q questionnaire, history and physical examination * Willing to follow this research until completion and sign informed consent. * BMI is normal * Regularly exercise 5x a week with moderate to heavy intensity categories good physical fitness level * Do not consume caffeine and high calorie foods high in sugar for 1 hour before the test run Exclusion Criteria: * Taking anti-inflammatory drugs (corticosteroids), anti pain (NSAIDS, opioids), muscle relaxants (diazepam, eperisone, etc.) or taking blood thinning drugs (anti-platelet or anti-coagulant drugs). * Have received any type of acupuncture therapy for some time \<7 days before the study. * History of anti-inflammatory drug treatment in the previous 2 weeks. * There are tumors, wounds or skin infections, eczema, otitis externa and psoriasis in matchmaking area. * There was a hypersensitivity reaction to previous acupuncture therapy (allergy metals, severe atopy, keloids, or other skin hypersensitivity). * Participants had multiple ear piercings. * Have had surgery on the waist, hip, knee and ankle area before last 1 year.

Locations (1)

Indonesia Defence University

Bogor, West Java, Indonesia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

VO2 max prediction scores

Reference maximum amount individual capacity in use oxygen during doing activities or exercising, using VO2max prediction scores based on running distance (in meters), then entered into formula (mileage - 504.9 meters)/44.73 and categorized into : * Very good * OK * Enough * Less * Very less

Time frame: 5, 10, 15 minutes after running sessions

Blood pressure

The pressure that occurs on arterial blood vessels when blood is pumped by the heart to be distributed throughout body, units of millimeters of water mercury(mmHg), measured with digital blood pressure meter.

Time frame: 5, 10, 15 minutes after running sessions

Pulse beat

A palpable wave in the arteries when blood is pumped out the heart, reflecting heart rate, counted each the minutes count repetitions (times/min), measurement using digital smart watch

Time frame: 5, 10, 15 minutes after running test

Exercise intensity

The power of deep stimulation exercise, for aerobic exercise heart rate is used. Intensity is categorized in zone, in this study used heavy intensity and maximum 77-100% of HRmax. Measured by Heart rate peak entered into formula Heart rate peak divide into Heart rate maximum x 100%

Time frame: after running test, before and after intervention and sham

The Borg rating scale/RPE

The Borg Rating of Perceived Exertion ('Borg' or 'RPE') is a scale used as a indicators to determine energy exerted in a workout with a range 6-20, where 6 means "no exertion at all" and 20 means "maximal exertion."

Time frame: 5, 10 , 15 minutes after running test

Modifid borg scale leg fatigue

Modified Borg scale to determine size exertion in terms of this is the maximum strength of the leg (inferior extremity) in running with a range of 0-10.0 scale minimum and 10 represents maximum power possible someone tolerates

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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