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Evaluating the Therapeutic Effect of Scalp Acupuncture Treatment for Motor Dysfunction in Ischemic Stroke Patients

NCT02871453 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 116

Last updated 2020-02-05

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Summary

The investigators design a randomized, control study to evaluate the therapeutic effect of scalp acupuncture using Jiao's motor area for motor dysfunction in ischemic stroke patients using the following outcomes: motor function, activity of daily living,quality of life.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Scalp Acupuncture Treatment

The Motor Area of the scalp acupuncture is located over the anterior central convolution of the cerebral cortex, being a line starting from a point 0.5cm posterior to the midpoint of the anterior-posterior midline of the head and stretching diagonally to the juncture between the eyebrow-occipital line and the anterior border of the corner of temporal hairline is indistinct, draw a vertical line upward from the middle point of the zygomatic arch to the eyebrow-occipital line, the intersection of the two lines is the projection of the Motor Area. Needles will be inserted in an about 15 degree angle to a depth of 1.0-1.5cm. Needles are rotated at least 200 revolutions per minute for 1 minute every 10 minutes for a total of 60 minutes. five times a week, 8 weeks in total.

OTHER

Rehabilitation treatment

The rehabilitation program was designed according to the Chinese stroke rehabilitation treatment guidelines, which included physical therapy (PT) and occupational therapy (OT). The rehabilitation programs will be carried out five times a week (that is, Monday to Friday) for 8 weeks, and every time the rehabilitation treatment( PT and OT) will last approximately for 1 hour. All rehabilitation treatment will be carried out by qualified therapists.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fudan University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jian Pei, MD · Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2020-09-30
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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