protocolSection identificationModule nctId: NCT06366555, orgStudyIdInfo id: 24-02-0268, briefTitle: The Role of Manual Twirling Acupuncture in Reducing Muscle Pain and Stiffness After Biceps Curling in Healthy Untrained Individuals, statusModule overallStatus: NOT_YET_RECRUITING, startDateStruct date: 2024-04-22, primaryCompletionDateStruct date: 2024-06-22, completionDateStruct date: 2024-06-22, studyFirstPostDateStruct date: 2024-04-16, lastUpdatePostDateStruct date: 2024-04-26, sponsorCollaboratorsModule leadSponsor name: Indonesia University, class: OTHER, descriptionModule briefSummary: Regular physical activity can help to prevent and control non-communicable disease. WHO recommends at least in adults to do moderate-vigorous physical activity includes muscle strengthening. But regardless the importance and recommendations of physical activity, not all of the world's population does it .Biceps Curling is a popular physical exercise which easy to do, it can strengthen the muscles in the upper body. However based on the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) in individuals who just starting to do physical exercise may experience pain and can become a barrier to do physical activity, so an approach is needed to prevent this and acupuncture is one of them. Currently, a lot of acupuncture research has been carried out to reduce the condition pain and stiffness after weight training, but there are not many study using manual acupuncture twirling in this condition .That's why the aim of this study Is to see the efficacy of giving manual acupuncture with twirling stimulation for pain and stiffness post weight training. The study method will be a Single Blinded Crossover Randomized Controlled Trial which will compare the efficacy of Manual Acupuncture twirling with Manual Acupuncture Sham for post-exercise pain and stiffness . The outcomes consist of Visual Analog Scale, Pain Pressure Threshold, Range of motion of elbow flexor at 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours post weight training, conditionsModule conditions: Muscle Soreness, conditions: Stiffness of Elbow, Not Elsewhere Classified, designModule studyType: INTERVENTIONAL, phases: NA, designInfo allocation: RANDOMIZED, interventionModel: CROSSOVER, interventionModelDescription: This research design used a randomized controlled single-blind crossover trial method (Crossover Single Blinded Randomized Control Trial). Reasons for choosing to use the Crossover method because apart from being able to implement it, it can also provide far more output results with a smaller number of subjects.The research subjects will then receive two treatments spaced 1 week apart which is called a wash out period to eliminate the carry-over effect of the treatment given. Research subjects will undergo randomization . Subjects in group A will undergo manual twisting acupuncture followed by sham manual acupuncture. The subject in group B will receive a sham acupuncture manual followed by a round of manual acupuncture twirling, primaryPurpose: TREATMENT, maskingInfo masking: DOUBLE, maskingDescription: The Participant will be randomized using a computerized table and the Outcome Assessor dont know which Subjects receive the manual acupuncture twirling or sham manual acupuncture on each period, whoMasked: PARTICIPANT, whoMasked: OUTCOMES_ASSESSOR, enrollmentInfo count: 30, type: ESTIMATED, armsInterventionsModule interventions name: Manual Acupuncture Twirling,, interventions name: Manual Acupuncture Sham, outcomesModule primaryOutcomes measure: Visual Analog Scale, secondaryOutcomes measure: Pain Pressure Threshold, otherOutcomes measure: Range of Motion, eligibilityModule sex: ALL, minimumAge: 18 Years, maximumAge: 45 Years, stdAges: ADULT, contactsLocationsModule locations facility: Sport and Exercise Studies, Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI) Research Tower, city: Jakarta, state: DKI Jakarta, zip: 10430, country: Indonesia, contacts name: IMERI, Research Center, role: CONTACT, phone: 29189160, geoPoint lat: -6.21462, lon: 106.84513, hasResults: False