Evaluating Acupuncture Relationship With the Catecholaminergic Pathway

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Male

Summary

Activation of the sympathetic nervous system attenuates inflammation via catecholamines, recent advances in electroacupuncture allow activating critical neuronal networks with the release of catecholamines the aim of this research was to evaluate de effect of electroacupuncture in the activation of sympathetic nervous system and the control of low back pain in athletes

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca
• Treatments: Diclofenac

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

(Controls)

• Healthy

• Non Smokers

• Athletes

(Cases)

• Acute Low Back Pain (less than 1 month)

• Athletes

• Non Smokers

Exclusion Criteria:

• Sciatic Pain

• Smokers

• Chronic Low Back Pain