Recruiting
Phase 1

Electroacupuncture

Sponsor:

Logan College of Chiropractic

Code:

NCT00802165

Conditions

Pain

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Electroacupuncture

Sham electroacupuncture

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is designed to evaluate whether or not electroacupuncture can have an effect on the pain threshold of the subject, as compared to sham treatment.

Conditions

Pain

Study ID

NCT00802165

Start date

Dec, 2008

Status verified date

Dec, 2008

Completion date

Apr, 2009

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2009

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 10 - 70

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Normal healthy subjects

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Hypertension
  • Heart Disease
  • Pregnancy
  • No spinal manipulation or other treatment or medication that could effect pain threshold

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Electroacupuncture Treatment Group

Group is given a total of four electroacupuncture treatments to evaluate it's anesthetic effectiveness

sham comparator: Sham Treatment Group

Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group

Interventions

Electroacupuncture

Group is given a total of four electroacupuncture treatments to evaluate it's anesthetic effectiveness

Sham electroacupuncture

Sham electroacupuncture treatment gives comparison to the experimental group

Primary outcome measure

  • Digital Algometer [ Time Frame: Four Weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

John Zhang, MD, PhD

636-230-1920john.zhang@logan.edu

Locations

Logan College of Chiropractic

Recruiting

Chesterfield, Missouri, United States, 63006

More Information

Sponsor

Logan College of Chiropractic

Last update posted

Dec 4, 2008

Last verified

Dec, 2008

Keywords

  • Asymptomatic normals

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Logan College of Chiropractic on 2008-12-04.