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Primary Motor Cortex Plasticity and the Bottom up Effect of Deep Intramuscular Needling Stimulation Therapy (DIMST)in Osteoarthritis Chronic Pain
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating DIMST and Placebo-sham for Knee Osteoarthritis and Chronic Pain. Completed, enrolled 26 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The aim of this study is to evaluate the cortical excitability in pain of knee osteoarthritis (OA), as well as the effect of one session of a kind of electroacupuncture (deep needling intramuscular stimulation therapy - DIMST) in this pain and the cortical excitability after the intervention. The hypothesis is that cortical excitability is altered in this condition, confirming the findings already described in other chronic pain conditions. The investigators also believe that a session DIMST can reduce pain and alter cortical excitability, restoring its previous activity will occur from chronic pain.
Study Details
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Interventions
The investigators used electro acupuncture of 2 Hz during 30 minutes.
Electro acupuncture with rubber electrodes, without current passing.