Status:
COMPLETED
Auto-acupressure: Effectiveness for Diminishing Neck Pain of Benign Origin
Lead Sponsor:
Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
Collaborating Sponsors:
Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Conditions:
Neck Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the auto-acupressure (digital pressure in points of acupuncture) added to the conventional treatment.
Detailed Description
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of the digital pressure in points of acupuncture added to the conventional treatment for diminishing the pain in patients with cervicalgia of benign origin. M...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients who come to consultation of Primary Care for neck pain without structural hurt or irradiation, with muscular contraction and functional and postural limitation.
Exclusion
- Injuries of skin (dermatitis, burns, sores, skin cancer) in the zone to massaging
- Structural injuries (bony fractures or injuries of muscles and tendons) in the zone to massaging
- Hemorrhage or tendency to suffer hemorrhage
- Chronic, serious diseases
- Malignant diseases and marked physical deterioration
- Psychiatric disorders
- Sensitive alterations
- Treatment with drugs of second or third level of the scale of the WHO which difficult to estimate changes for auto-acupressure
- No sign the informed consent
- Difficulty of reading comprehension or visual alterations
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2013
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01855893
Start Date
July 1 2013
End Date
December 1 2016
Last Update
June 9 2017
Active Locations (1)
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Gerencia de Atención Primaria
Madrid, Spain