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Adjuvant Acupuncture for Severe Head Injury

NCT01773291 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2016-01-28

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the therapeutic effect of acupuncture on severe head injury under conventional treatment. A double-blind clinical trial is conducted up to 6 weeks and the change of subjects' Glasgow coma scale (GCS) and muscle power is measured.

Conditions

  • Head Injury

Interventions

OTHER

acupuncture

acupuncture on GV26 and 12 Well points

OTHER

laser acupuncture

laser acupuncture on GV26 and 12 Well points

OTHER

control

sham laser acupuncture

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wen-Long Hu, MS · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-07-31
Completion
2015-07-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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