Efficacy and safety of fire dragon cupping (Huo-Long-Guan) for post-stroke fatigue

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: post-stroke fatigue

• Registration Number: ITMCTR2000003675
• Lead Sponsor: Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 20 February 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

1. Accordance with the diagnostic criteria of traditional Chinese and Western medicine and TCM syndrome;
2. With fatigue symptoms, FSS score >= 36;
3. Brunnstrom >= stage II;
4. The course of disease was more than 14 days;
5. The age ranged from 18 to 70 years;
6. Glasgow coma scale > 10 scores;
7. Volunteer to participate in this study and cooperate with the rehabilitation function evaluation.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients with severe cognitive impairment, speech disorder and depression;
2. Patients with severe heart, liver, kidney and other organ diseases, mental diseases, malignant tumors, and unexplained internal bleeding;
3. Contact allergy or moxa smoke allergy;
4. Pregnant or gestational women;
5. Patients with infectious diseases, diabetes mellitus, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, skin lesions at the treatment site, skin diseases and drunkenness;
6. Patients are participating in other studies.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional study
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS);

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory-20 (MFI-20);Modified Barthel Index (MBI);Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QoL);Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA);