- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT01855893
Auto-acupressure: Effectiveness for Diminishing Neck Pain of Benign Origin
Effectiveness of the Auto-acupressure for Diminishing Neck Pain of Benign Origin
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the digital pressure in points of acupuncture added to the conventional treatment for diminishing the pain in patients with cervicalgia of benign origin.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Pragmatic controlled randomized clinical trial. Patients with diagnosis of cervicalgia of benign origin will include. They will be randomly assigned to receive just conventional treatment or this plus auto-acupressure.
The professionals will once receive instruction in the Centres of Health by an experienced acupuncture professional that will supervise, in a workshop, the right application of the technique, that will consist of the application of manoeuvres of auto-acupressure by the own patient during periods of 10 minutes, once in a day during one week. The pain intensity will be evaluated by means of a millimetric scale of 10 cm (0 represents the pain absence, 10 the maximum imaginable pain, Numerical Scale Rating). The pain will be measured in the inclusion and days 1, 3, 7, 30 and 90. The sample size has been calculated to detect a minimum difference of 1.5 points (DS 2) in the scale of the pain in day 7, which implies the recruitment of, at least, 80 patients by group (if losses don't exceed 20%). Also the perception of the quality of life (euroQol-5D) and the functional capacity with the scale of Oswestry will be evaluated, at the beginning, and days 3, 7, 30 and 90. The measures in each point between the group will be compared control and intervention. The evolution of the repeated measures will compare between groups with a generalized estimating equation (GEE) model.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Madrid, Spain
- Gerencia de atención primaria
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who come to consultation of Primary Care for neck pain without structural hurt or irradiation, with muscular contraction and functional and postural limitation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Injuries of skin (dermatitis, burns, sores, skin cancer) in the zone to massaging
- Structural injuries (bony fractures or injuries of muscles and tendons) in the zone to massaging
- Hemorrhage or tendency to suffer hemorrhage
- Chronic, serious diseases
- Malignant diseases and marked physical deterioration
- Psychiatric disorders
- Sensitive alterations
- Treatment with drugs of second or third level of the scale of the WHO which difficult to estimate changes for auto-acupressure
- No sign the informed consent
- Difficulty of reading comprehension or visual alterations
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Treatment
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Auto-acupressure
Patients will receive instructions about how to apply auto-acupressure once in a day during one week by their health care professionals.This technique will be complementary to the conventional treatment.
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Patients will receive instructions about how to apply auto-acupressure once in a day during one week by their health care professionals.This technique will be complementary to the conventional treatment.
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Other: Conventional treatment
Conventional treatment consist of: 7 days with paracetamol 1g /8 hours and/ or ibuprofen 400mg/ 8 hours, and tetrazepam 50 mg/ 12 hours
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Conventional treatment consist of: 7 days with paracetamol 1g /8 hours and/ or ibuprofen 400mg/ 8 hours, and tetrazepam 50 mg/ 12 hours
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Pain intensity
Time Frame: Ninety days
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The pain intensity will be evaluated by means of a millimetric scale of 10 cm (Numerical Rating Scale)
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Ninety days
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Perception of quality of life
Time Frame: Ninety days
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The perception of quality of life will be evaluated by EuroQol 5D
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Ninety days
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Susana Calvo-Trujillo, MD, Gerencia Atención Primaria. Madrid
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
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Study Start
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 12/00203
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