Neuroimaging Approaches to Deconstructing Acupuncture for Chronic Pain

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Conditions studied: Fibromyalgia

In brief

The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of electro-acupuncture in pain processing on patients with fibromyalgia (FM). The investigators hypothesize that electro-acupuncture is effective for FM because it functions as a desensitization therapy, which when applied repeatedly over multiple treatment sessions, gradually habituates the nervous system to continuing pain and sensory signaling.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT02064296
Run by
University of Michigan
People needed
121
Starts
2014-12-01
Expected to finish
2019-11-22
Last updated by the study team
2022-09-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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