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A clinical study of integrative treatment including korean and western medicine for patients with post-stroke spasticity in upper extremities

Not Applicable
Conditions
Diseases of the nervous system
Registration Number
KCT0002968
Lead Sponsor
ational Rehabilitation Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria

Patients who have been diagnosed with stroke due to cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction on CT or MRI
- Male and female aged over 19 years old
- Less than 2 years after stroke
- Baseline MAS(Modified Ashworth Scale) grade 1 or higher
- Patients with spasticity after stroke who did not undergo neuroprotection or surgery to reduce spasticity
- Those who consent to participate in this trial and sign an informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Those with severe heart, liver, kidney, hematopoietic system,or endocrine system diseases
- Those with acute or chronic infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases
- Those with a history of other serious psychiatric history(such as schizophrenia) or who have medication use
- Those with cognition disorder and who are unable to make an accurate clinical assessment
- Subjects who have had needle phobia or hypersensitivity reactions with acupuncture
- Those who have blood clotting disease
- Those taking warfarin and having an International Normalized Ratio(INR) of 3 or higher
- Those who have communication disorder and can not give an accurate answer
- Others whose clinical trials conductors are considered inappropriate for participating in this trial

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Modified Ashworth Scale
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Fugl meyer Assessment for Upper extremity;Visual Analogue Scale
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