Clinical trials: Acupuncture
Pain
Laser Acupuncture for Pain Prevention in Neonates
Pain prevention and/or therapy in neonates is still a challenge. It is widely accepted that early pain experience can have a tremendous impact on the pain memory.
- Trial name
- NCT00528125
- Testing
- active laser acupuncture
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Children Hospital Homburg
Pregnancy
Acupuncture for the Prevention of Postdates Pregnancy
The purpose of this study is to assess if acupuncture can shorten the time to delivery for women who are experiencing their first, full-term pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT00312585
- Testing
- Acupuncture
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 89 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Chronic Neck Pain
Effects of Minimally Invasive Techniques in Healthy and Chronic Cervical Pain Individuals
Brief Summary: This project consists of two sequential experimental phases designed to analyze the immediate and 24-hour effects of three invasive physiotherapy techniques -dry needling (DN), percutaneous neuromodulation (PENS)…
- Trial name
- NCT07345793
- Testing
- Dry needling, Percutaneous nerve stimulation, Percutaneous electrolysis
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Europea de Madrid
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Dry Needling and High Intensity Laser Therapy in Treatment of Myofascial Pain Syndrome
108 myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) diagnosed patients will be randomly divided into 3 groups. To groups; exercise, exercise+high-intensity laser therapy (HILT) and exercise+dry needling will be applied.
- Trial name
- NCT05078333
- Testing
- dry needle, high intensity laser therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emine Dundar Ahi
Poor Ovarian Response, Accupuncture
Acupuncture for Treatment of Patients With Poor Ovarian Response
This prospective randomized controlled trial is designed to investigate the effect of acupuncture on IVF/ICSI outcome in women with poor ovarian response.
- Trial name
- NCT04013984
- Testing
- Accupuncture
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Royan Institute
Pruritus, Kidney Failure, Chronic
Efficacy of Laser Acupuncture on Pruritus in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis
Uremic pruritus is a clinically significant symptom which imposes heavy impact on the quality of life of patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis.
- Trial name
- NCT02432508
- Testing
- Laser acupuncture (Olympic)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- China Medical University Hospital
Pregnancy Overdue - Week 41+6
Can Acupuncture be Used as Preparation for Induction of Labour
The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether acupuncture can be used to ripen cervix before medicinal induction of labor or even be used as method for induction, and thereby eliminating other and more potentially harmful…
- Trial name
- NCT00245752
- Testing
- acupuncture
- Volunteers
- 125 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
Trigger Points
Effects of Dry Needling Versus Ischemic Compression on Pain, Range of Motion and Finctional Disability
Neck pain can occur from a number of conditions, most common is trigger points. Trigger points are of two point one is active and other is latent trigger point, hyperirritable spots located in a taut band of skeletal muscle.
- Trial name
- NCT05296226
- Testing
- dry needling and ischemic compression
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Lahore
Labor Pain, Pain Relief
fMRI Measurements on Pain Relief Methods in First Stage Labor Pain
The purposes of this study is to integrate the objective tests into the subjective test, visual analog score (VAS), for evaluation and further understanding of relieving labor pain by TENS application on acupuncture points in the…
- Conditions
- Labor Pain, Pain Relief, Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Trial name
- TENS (NCT00768014)
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sacral Nerve Stimulation for Mild-to-Moderate or Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis
This pilot study will assess the efficacy of sacral never stimulation (SNS) for the treatment of adult patients with active, mild-to-moderate rheumatoid arthritis or those with refractory disease.
- Trial name
- NCT04821050
- Testing
- Sacral nerve stimulation
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University