Effect of Dorema ammoniacum and acupuncture in treatment of cerebral stroke

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Cerebral infarction.; Cerebral infarction

• Registration Number: IRCT20170227032797N2
• Lead Sponsor: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 26 March 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 57

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with focal neurological findings that have been clinically and with brain imaging have been diagnosed with ischemic stroke
Ischemia is in the superior branch of middle cerebral artery
Stroke attack in less than thirty days
Age between 50 and 75 years
First stroke attack
Modified NIHSS between 4 and 20
Patient with consciousness and stable disease condition

Exclusion Criteria

Cerebral stroke of hemorrhagic type
Patients suffering from systemic chronic diseases such as: uncontrolled diabetes, severe liver, cardiac, renal or pulmonary disorders or cancer
Patients taking coagulants (heparin or warfarin)
Patients with BMI above 35
Patients with history of acupuncture in less than a month
Patients with a history of allergy to Dorema Ammoniacum
Patient suffering from severe musculoskeletal or neurologic diseases before ischemic stroke
Patients diagnosed with tumor or skin infections

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Disability due to cerebral stroke. Timepoint: Before the intervention, After the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: MNIHSS and mRankin scales.