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The purpose of this randomized controlled study is to determine the effectiveness of cupping in patients with fibromyalgia compared to sham cupping.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sham Cupping | Sham Comparator | Dry Cupping Therapy 5 serial treatments twice weekly 4-8 cups at the upper and lower back |
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| Cupping Therapy | Experimental | Dry Cupping 5 serial treatments twice weekly 4-8 cups at the upper and lower back |
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| Wait list | No Intervention | Wait list control no specific intervention for 3 weeks study period |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cupping therapy | Other | Cups are placed at the skin; local suction is created on the skin; it mobilizes blood flow; the suction is created by a mechanical device (Pneumatron, Pneumed, Germany) |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Intensity | Pain on a 100mm visual analog scale | Day 18 |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Pain Intensity | Pain intensity measured on a 100mm visual analog scale | Day 200 |
| Fatigue | Fatigue measured by the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) (Smets, Garssen, Bonke et al., 1995 |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jost Langhorst, MD, Prof | University of Duisburg-Essen | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Klinik für Naturheilkunde | Essen | 45276 | Germany |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27853272 | Background | Lauche R, Spitzer J, Schwahn B, Ostermann T, Bernardy K, Cramer H, Dobos G, Langhorst J. Efficacy of cupping therapy in patients with the fibromyalgia syndrome-a randomised placebo controlled trial. Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 17;6:37316. doi: 10.1038/srep37316. |
| Label | URL |
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| Homepage of the Clinic | View source |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D005356 | Fibromyalgia |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D009135 | Muscular Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D012216 | Rheumatic Diseases |
| D009468 | Neuromuscular Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000079742 | Cupping Therapy |
| ID | Term |
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| D000529 | Complementary Therapies |
| D013812 | Therapeutics |
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| Day 18 |
| Fatigue | Fatigue measured by the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) (Smets, Garssen, Bonke et al., 1995 | Day 200 |
| Sleep Quality | measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse et al. 1989) | Day 18 |
| Sleep Quality | measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) (Buysse et al. 1989) | Day 200 |
| Quality of life | measured by the SF-36 (Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998) | Day 18 |
| Quality of life | measured by the SF-36 (Bullinger & Kirchberger, 1998) | Day 200 |
| Medication | measured by a medication log, daily entering of used drugs | Day 18 |
| adverse events | all adverse events | Day 18 |
| Pressure pain sensitivity | using an electronic algometer (Somedic, Sweden) to determine threshold of pain perception on predefined muscles | Day 18 |
| Disability | measured by the FI (fibromyalgia impact questionnaire) (Offenbaecher, Waltz, Schoeps , 2000) | Day 18 |
| Disability | measured by the FI (fibromyalgia impact questionnaire) (Offenbaecher, Waltz, Schoeps , 2000) | Day 200 |
| D009422 |
| Nervous System Diseases |