Effectiveness of a Treatment Plan of Neurological Physiotherapy in Conjunction With Ultrasound-guided Ultrasound-guided Dry Needling in Stroke Patients.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Neurological Disorder
• Interventions: Other: convencional treatment; Device: dry needling

• Registration Number: NCT05230849
• Lead Sponsor: Universidad Católica de Ávila

Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of dry needling in stroke patients in combination with intensive neurological physiotherapy.

together with intensive neurological physiotherapy treatment. Randomised and blinded experimental study control group where the sample recruited was 20 patients, who were randomly assigned to a control group.

randomly assigned to a control group, where they received intensive treatment, or to an intervention group, where they received intervention group, where they received ultrasound-guided dry needling of the tibialis anterior and posterior muscles followed by an intensive followed by intensive neurological physiotherapy treatment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-01-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-01-27
• Study First Posted: 2022-02-09
• Study Start: 2022-02-12
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-03
• Study Completion: 2022-04-11
• Status Verified: 2022-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-06-28
• Last Update Posted: 2022-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• left middle cerebral artery infarction
• impaired stability during walking
• patient between the age range 18 to 70 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• patient under 18 years of age
• patients over 70 years of age
• undiagnosed left middle cerebral artery infarction patients

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control group	convencional treatment	conventional physiotherapy treatment
dry needling treatment	dry needling	group that includes a dry needling treatment on the tibialis anterior and posterior muscles.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
walking motor skills	1 hour	measures of gait motor ability using the time up ang go test.
spasticity	1 hour	measurements of spatiality using the modified Ashworth scale

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Universidad Católica de Ávila; 🇪🇸 Ávila, Spain