N/A Completed N=60 Randomized Double-blind Basic Science

Acupuncture and Auditory Evoked Potentials

Evoked Potentials · Healthy Volunteers

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00333606 ↗

Enrolled (actual)

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

Oct 2019

Primary outcomePrimary: Latencies of Auditory Evoked Potentials — 255; 255 ms

Summary

To investigate whether body acupuncture of acupuncture points specific for hearing influences the auditory avoked potentials in comparison to puncture of non-specific acupuncture points

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Latencies of Auditory Evoked Potentials	255; 255	—
SECONDARY Pain Intensity	40; 20	—

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Healthy volunteers aged 20-40 years
Physical status I according to American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification
No history of nervous or psychiatric disease
Normal audiogram before the study
No chronic consume of analgesics, anticoagulants and/or antiplatelet agents, sedatives or alcohol
No local infection at the site of acupuncture
Volunteers who have given informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnant or nursing females.
History of peripheral neuropathy
Abnormal skin conditions (infection, scars, psoriasis, eczema)
Inflamed site of acupuncture within 1 week

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00333606). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.