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Study on the Effect of Electroacupuncture at Both Zusanli and at Both Yanglingquan Acupoints on Autonomic Nerve Modulating Cardiovascular Activity , and Skin Blood Flow and Skin Temperature

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What is being tested

acupuncture

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Who is being recruted

From 20 to 40 Years
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How is the trial designed

Basic Science Study

Placebo-Controlled
Interventional
Study Start: July 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorChina Medical University Hospital
Last updated: July 12, 2013
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Study start date: July 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

A total of 24 adult healthy volunteer were studied, they received the three sessions of sham electroacupuncture, electroacupuncture at Zusanli and electroacupuncture at Yanglingquan, respectively. Each session was divided into three periods of before electroacupuncture, electroacupuncture, and post electroacupuncture. Each period was 20 min in duration. The ahead 15 min of the period was the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand; the final 5 min of the period was pulse rate variability recordings of left hand. The data was storage and analysis in a personal computer.

NCT01665105
Principal SponsorChina Medical University Hospital
Last updated: July 12, 2013
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

24 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Basic Science Study

Basic science studies help researchers understand how the body works or how a disease develops. They don't test treatments, but they build the foundation for future therapies.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 20 to 40 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

3 inclusion criteria required to participate
age between 20-40
before experiment, abstaining from caffeine, alcohol for 8 hours
healthy volunteers without without cardiac disease, taking medications, smoking
2 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
age greater than 40 or less than 20
volunteers with cardiac disease, taking medications, smoking

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

3 intervention groups are designated in this study

33.333% chance of being blinded to the placebo group

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
electroacupuncture at both Zusanli on the leg, and record simultaneously the pulse rate variability as well as take the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand.

Group II

Active Comparator
electroacupuncture at both Yanglingquan on the leg, and record simultaneously the pulse rate variability as well as take the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand.

Group III

Sham
acupuncture without electrical stimulation at non-acupoint on the leg, and record simultaneously pulse rate variability as well as take the skin blood flow and skin temperature recordings at Hoku's and Zhongzhu's region of right hand.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

China Medical University Hospital

Taichung, TaiwanOpen China Medical University Hospital in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center