A Phase 3 interventional study of acupuncture, Deqi and acupuncture, Non-Deqi in Primary Dysmenorrhea, sponsored by Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 30 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-06-23.
Sponsored by Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment
The objective of this study is to evaluate the associations between deqi, the effects of acupuncture and personality in primary dysmenorrhea and to characterize the nature of the deqi phenomenon on terms of the prevalence of sensations as well as the uniqueness of the sensations underlying the deqi experiment.
The mechanism, by which acupuncture works is not yet clear, therefore there is no unequivocal consensus about styles and sensations of acupuncture. whether psychological factor has influences on the effects of acupuncture? This study will adopt international practices such as visual analogue scale (VAS) to objective evaluation. The confident degree, feeling degree for acupuncture and pain intensity were evaluated by the patient with VAS, and the pain VAS scores before and after acupuncture were recorded as the indexes for assessment of the therapeutic effect.
398 studies on the registry are indexed under Dysmenorrhea; 96 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 60 is close to the median of 60 across 333 interventional studies indexed under Dysmenorrhea.
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In acupuncture treatment, immediately after insertion of a needle, it is manually rotated backwards and forwards to induce the DeQi sensation, the needles are retained for 30 minutes.
Procedure: acupuncture, Deqi
In acupuncture treatment, immediately after insertion of a needle, it is NOT manually rotated backwards or forwards to induce the DeQi sensation, and retained for 30 minutes.
Procedure: acupuncture, Non-Deqi
Immediately after insertion of a needle, it is manually rotated backwards and forwards to induce the DeQi sensation.
Also known as: Deqi
After insertion of a needle, no manipulation is applied, and the needle is retained for 30 minutes.
Also known as: Non-Deqi
Visual Analogue Scale for pain intensity of primary dysmenorrhea
Time frame: 90 days after onset
average duration (hours) of pain
Time frame: 90 days after onset
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