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Efficacy of Dry Needling in the Spasticity Post-stroke

NCT04435561 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2020-12-03

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Summary

Stroke is a serious clinical condition and one of the leading causes of long-term disability in the world. One of the most serious complications of this condition is spasticity. Recently, dry needling has commented to be used as a treatment in muscle spasticity of chronic patients after a stroke, producing improvements in clinical conditions.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of dry needling technique in the spasticity of the hemiparetic limbs in chronic post-stroke patients. The Modified Ashworth Scale is used to measure the spasticity´s improvement after the procedure.

Conditions

  • Spasticity, Muscle

Interventions

OTHER

Standard physiotherapy rehabilitation and dry needling

The dry needling group receives 6 sessions of dry needling in the spastic muscles of the upper and lower hemiparetic limbs.

OTHER

Standard physiotherapy rehabilitation

This group receives their traditional intervention, without dry needling.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaga

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rocío Martin Valero, PhD · University of Malaga

  • Juan Antonio Armenta Peinado, PhD · University of Malaga

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-01-15
Primary Completion
2021-07-15
Completion
2021-09-30

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