Effects of Acupuncture on Pain and Quality of Life of People Affected With Chronic Widespread Pain.
Chronic Widespread Pain
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Chronic Widespread Pain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
• Meeting the criteria set by the American College of Rheumatology for the diagnosis of chronic widespread pain.
- Accepting to sign the informed consent of participation in the study.
- Being older than 18 years.
Exclusion Criteria:
Suffering from malignant diseases or active rheumatologic disorders (osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus erythematosus, etc.).
- Suffering from coxarthrosis or severe gonarthrosis.
- Having previously received acupuncture treatments.
Sites / Locations
- EUSESTE Escola Universitaria de la Salut i l'Esport Terres del'EbreRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Sham Comparator
Intervention group (A) Acupuncture
Control group (C) Sham Acupuncture:
The treatments performed will be personalized and the treatment criteria will be based on the use of the Yuan and Luo points. In clinical practice, the Yuan (source) points and the Luo (connecting) points can be used jointly, linking the two associated meridians (external-internal) in such a way that, after assessing the state of a meridian's path, its Yuan point will be combined with the Luo point of its coupled meridian and vice versa; all this depending on the condition of the muscle fibres and on the path that wants to be treated for these.
The course of action with the patient from the group that will use sham acupuncture will be the same as in the group that receives real treatment: patient in supine position, cleaning of the treated area, use of eye mask during the treatments and selection of points following the previously described Yuan and Luo points' criteria, based on traditional Chinese medicine. The difference of sham acupuncture will lie on the way of performing the acupuncture technique. It will follow the validated technique of sham acupuncture with the Park device, without needle penetration in the patient's body.