An interventional study of Acupuncture and Dry needling in Sedentary Lifestyle and Males, sponsored by Universidade Federal de Pernambuco. Completed at 1 site in Brazil. Open to male participants aged 18 Years to 40 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-03-02.
Sponsored by Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Introduction: Neuromuscular fatigue is defined when the muscle becomes incapable of generating muscle power or strength after exercise or long repetitive activities. As well as, the inability to maintain optimum performance and generate maximum voluntary contractions during a physical exercise. When performing physical activity, the body's metabolic response increases proportionally to exercise to satisfy the demands of the human physiological. Part of the energy accumulated during exercise is lost to the environment in the form of heat and another part is maintained internally through the physiological control for thermoregulation. In addition, the muscle generates an electric signal important to determine its status regarding power and fatigue.
Objective: To investigate the reduction of acute peripheral fatigue induced by isometric contractions from acupuncture and dry needling techniques, compared to absolute rest.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional study and experimental study, with descriptive, analytical and quantitative approach. It follows the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines. The volunteers will be gathered according to the eligibility criteria, and randomly divided in 3 groups: the control group (G1), the volunteers who will remain in prolonged rest; the acupuncture group (G2), in which volunteers will receive six needles in six acupoints in the non-dominant upper limb and the dry needling group (G3), in which the volunteers will receive application of six needles arranged in the non-dominant biceps brachialis.
1,273 studies on the registry are indexed under Sedentary Behavior; 300 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 45 is below the median of 60 across 1,076 interventional studies indexed under Sedentary Behavior.
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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The volunteers who will remain in prolonged rest (10 minutes for homeostasis plus 30 minutes of no intervention).
The volunteers will receive six needles in six acupoints in the non-dominant upper limb for 30 minutes.
Procedure: Acupuncture
The volunteers will receive application of six needles arranged in the non-dominant biceps brachialis for 30 minutes.
Procedure: Dry needling
Six needled will be inserted in six already defined acupoints along the non-dominant upper limb for a period of 30 minutes.
Six needles will be inserted in six predefined points along the volunteers non-dominant biceps brachialis for 30 minutes.
Perception of muscle fatigue
Fatigue perception measured by Visual Analog Scale for fatigue assessment, graduated from 0,00 to 10,0 centimeters, being 0,00 no fatigue and 10,0 maximum fatigue.
Time frame: 60 minutes
Muscle temperature
Infrared thermographic Imaging analysis of acute peripheral muscle fatigue.
Time frame: 60 minutes
Muscle fatigue
Electromyographic activity (in microvolts) of the biceps brachii muscle to assess muscle fatigue through the median frequency (MF).
Time frame: 60 minutes
Contraction time
The time of intermittent isometric contractions was delimited by the number of valid contractions during each exercise
Time frame: 60 minutes
Ran from Feb 2018 to primary completion in Nov 2018, 8 months.
Of 733 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Sedentary Behavior, half reached primary completion within 14 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 31. This study's 8 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 741 studies reached it within 14 months; a quarter within 6 and three quarters within 31.
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