Clinical effectiveness study of treating postpartum idiopathic facial paralysis by tonifying qi and blood with acupuncture and moxibustion: a randomized, controlled clinical trial
- Conditions
- facial paralysis
- Registration Number
- ITMCTR2100005122
- Lead Sponsor
- Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
1. Onset within 1 year after delivery;
2. Meet the diagnostic criteria for idiopathic facial nerve palsy;
3. The course of the disease is within 1-7 days;
4. The first onset on the affected side;
5. Also see limb fatigue and weakness, pale complexion, dizziness, etc., pale red tongue with thin white fur, and thin pulse, which is a syndrome of qi and blood deficiency;
6. Those who voluntarily signed the informed consent form.
1. Secondary peripheral facial paralysis, such as facial paralysis caused by trauma, tumor, cerebrovascular disease, intracranial infection, surgery, etc.;
2. Hunter syndrome;
3. Diabetes, hypertension, other immune-related diseases;
4. Use of drugs or treatments that may cause peripheral neuropathy;
5. Those with a history of fainting needles;
6. Those who are pregnant.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method House-Brackmann grading system;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Sunnybrook facial nerve assessment;Facial Disability Index Scale Score;Neurophysiological detection;TCM syndrome score;