Use of Infrared Thermography in the Measurement of Facial Blood Flow After the Application of Percutaneous Needle Electrolysis (PNE) on the Concha of the Ear

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

Headache is a very frequent symptom among the world population, the adult population with an active headache disorder are 46% for headache in general, 11% for migraine, 42% for tension-type headache and 3% for chronic daily headache. There are different therapeutic approaches for the improvement of headache. Transcutaneous stimulation of the auricular vagal nerve is being used for the treatment of headache due to the involvement of the vagus nerve in inflammation and pain modulation. On the other hand, galvanic current has shown a measurable effect by increasing parasympathetic activity. The objective of this clinical trial is to stimulate the auricular vagal nerve with galvanic current using a needle as an electrode that will be inserted into the concha of the ear. As a tool for measuring results, infrared thermography will be used to observe changes in facial skin temperature, since patients with high sympathetic activity present a characteristic pattern of cold nose and/or cold patch. In addition, variables that record changes in autonomic activity such as skin conductance and heart rate variability will be collected.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 70
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Headache with a frequency of at least one monthly episode.

• Present the cold nose and/or cold patch pattern

Locations
Other Locations
Spain
Physioterapy and Pain center research
RECRUITING
Alcalá De Henares
Contact Information
Primary
David Álvarez, Prof
fisioceano@hotmail.com
+34 673 60 83 11
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-03-22
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 60
Treatments
Experimental: Pecutaneous electrolysis group
Subjects were treated twice (one day and one week). The technique consisted in the application of a galvanic electrical current using a needle as an electrode that will be inserted into the concha of the ear. The subjects were lying in supinus.
Other: dry needling group
Subjects were treated twice (one day and one week). The technique consisted in the puncture with a needle in the concha of the ear. The subjects were lying in supinus.
Sham_comparator: Sham group
Subjects were treated twice (one day and one week). The technique consisted in the puncture with a sham-needle in the concha of the ear. The subjects were lying in supinus.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of Alcala

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