- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04688892
Immediate Effects of Dynamic Cupping on Median Nerve's Mechanosensitivity
Immediate Effects of Dynamic Cupping on Median Nerve's Mechanosensitivity, Measured by the Upper Limb Neurodynamic Test 1 (ULNT1) in Healthy Participants: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Porto, Portugal, 4200-253 Porto
- Ricardo Cardoso
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
• Healthy university students of both genders with normal mobility of the joints of the upper quadrant of the body.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Deformities in the upper quadrant region of the body;
- Complaints in this region in the last 6 months;
- Surgical procedures or musculoskeletal, cardiac, renal, metabolic, neurological and or oncological pathologies of the upper quadrant that may disturb nerve function;
- Not present any mechanosensitive response to ULNT1;
- Pregnant women;
- Ingestion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or consumption of any type of narcotic drugs and participants who have drunk alcohol in the last 12 hours.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: SINGLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Intervention Group
The type of cupping therapy will be dry-cupping with moving-cupping (dynamic cupping therapy).
The participants will remain in the supine position on a massage table (Posturarte® Olympic), without inclination.
Cupping therapy will be performed with a plastic suction cup (5.08 cm in diameter) (K.S. Choi Corp®) and with a pistol for dosing pumps (K.S. Choi Corp®).
Prior to the cupping therapy, a small amount of massage cream (ATL®) will be applied throughout the median nerve pathway in order to facilitate the sliding of the suction cup.
The cupping therapy will performed with the suction cup sliding with a slow rhythm, insufflation of the suction cup with two pumps for 5 minutes along the median nerve path.
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dynamic cupping
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NO_INTERVENTION: Control Group
The participants will remain at rest in a supine position on a massage table (Posturarte® Olympic) without inclination for 5 minutes.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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change in elbow extension range of motion
Time Frame: Baseline (M0), Immediately after intervention or control (M1).
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Data will be collected in two moments: baseline (M0) and after the application of cupping for intervention group or after a resting period for control group (M1). The M0 will consist in performing the ULNT1 on the dominant upper limb for each participant. The participants will remain in a supine position on a massage table with the body aligned, exposing the test forearm for the placement of the smartphone through an armband. The head and cervical spine will be stabilized at the maximum comfortable lateral inclination using a foam pillow. The ULNT1 sequence used was: (1) maximum contralateral cervical inclination; (2) arm at 90º of shoulder abduction preventing scapular elevation; (3) 90º of external rotation of the shoulder and elbow flexion at 90º (defined as the initial position or 0º of range of motion under test); (4) supination of the forearm; (5) wrist and fingers extension; and (6) elbow extension. |
Baseline (M0), Immediately after intervention or control (M1).
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Completion (ACTUAL)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- FISIO-1-28102019
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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