Acupuncture for Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder Pain in Hemiplegic Side After Stroke
• Interventions: Procedure: acupuncture; Procedure: TENS; Procedure: sham acupuncture

• Registration Number: NCT01650207
• Lead Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital

Brief Summary

Shoulder pain has been reported to be one of the most common complications after stroke. Several factors have been related to shoulder pain after stroke such as paralysis, restricted range of motion in the shoulder, spasticity, sensory abnormalities, but the relationship between these factors and pain was not discussed.

The aim of this study is to identify the efficacy of electroacupuncture in reducing upper limbs spasticity and shoulder pain in stroke patients, and to evaluate the quality of life (QOL) for stroke patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-07
• Primary Completion: 2012-03
• Study Completion: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2012-07
• Study First Submitted: 2012-07-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-07-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-07-25
• Study First Posted: 2012-07-26
• Last Update Posted: 2012-07-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Stroke within 6 months from onset
• Hemiplegia with shoulder pain (VAS > 2)

Exclusion Criteria

• previous pathology of the shoulder or cardiac pacemaker, and cognition problems

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
EA group	acupuncture	To acupuncture the Juanyu (Li15) \& Jugu (Li16) with sensation of de-qi, and then give 50 Hz electrical stimulation for 20 minutes.
TENS group	TENS	The electrical patches were placed on the Juanyu (Li15) \& Jugu (Li16) or Juanyu (Li15), Quchi (Li11), Shousanli (Li10) \& Hegu (Li4), connected to a TENS apparatus and then give 50 Hz electrical stimulation for 20 minutes.
sham-acupuncutre	sham acupuncture	The Park's Sham Device were placed on the Juanyu (Li15) \& Jugu (Li16).

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
shoulder pain degrees	10 days after first intervention	pain VAS in passive shoulder ROM

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
shoulder ROM	10 days after first intervention	passive shoulder ROM (abduction, ER)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Changhua Christian Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taiwan, Changhua, Taiwan