Status:
UNKNOWN
Effect of Neurogenic Acupoint CUPPING ON WOMEN WITH CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN
Lead Sponsor:
Ministry of Health and Population, Egypt
Conditions:
Chronic Pelvic Pain
Eligibility:
FEMALE
25-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dry cupping on women with chronic pelvic pain. BACKGROUND: Recent studies have examined the efficacy of dry cupping on acupoints for...
Detailed Description
Chronic pelvic pain is a highly prevalent debilitating disease with negative impact on the quality of life and productivity of women. The estimated prevalence of CPP is 3.8% among women aged 15-73 yea...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- thirty married women suffering from chronic pelvic pain
- Their age will range from 25 to 40 years old.
- Their BMI will be ≤ 30 kg/m2.
- They should be non-smokers.
- They should have sedentary life style without participation at any exercise training program during this study.
- Maximum parity number is three.
- Their score is less than 6 on The Interstitial Cystitis Symptom Index and Problem Index" (The O'Leary-Sant), to exclude Interstitial Cystitis.
- Their score on visual analog scale above 5.
- Their muscle strength is good in hip abductor, adductor, external rotator and internal rotator muscles .
- Their pelvic floor muscle strength is good.
Exclusion
- Women having any serious physical disorders such as vertebral fractures, disk hernia, acute inflammation and deep venous thrombosis.
- Women having any problems in the acupoints such as fractures, ulcers, varicose veins, skin disease or inflammation.
- Women having history of cancer or congenital anomaly.
- Use of any kind of analgesic medications or contraceptive pills.
- Diabetic or hypertensive patient.
- Have any auto immune disease (rheumatoid, lupus), chest disease and cardiac disease.
- HS-CRP test exclusion patient during menses, patient suffering any medical condition increase inflammation ex cough, sneezing.
- Patient suffering from chronic pelvic pain due to another cause except PID.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 15 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04436445
Start Date
July 15 2018
End Date
September 1 2020
Last Update
June 18 2020
Active Locations (1)
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They will be selected from 6th District Family Medicine Unit, Giza.
Giza, Egypt, 00202