Antispastic Effect of Electroacupuncture in Stroke Patients
- Conditions
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Registration Number
- KCT0001422
- Lead Sponsor
- Pusan National University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Patients who were 18 years or older and hospitalized in department of rehabilitation medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital during the period from November 2010 to March 2011 were recruited. Among them, patients who were diagnosed with stroke by CT or MRI of the brain, more than 2 weeks out from the onset of the stroke and had 2 or more muscles of biceps brachii, brachioradialis, triceps brachii that were assessed grade 1 or more by Modified Ashworth scale of the affected side were enrolled for this study.
Patients were excluded if they had (1) participated in other clinical study within 30 days before this study (2) severe neurological or psychological disorder except for stroke (3) past history of hypersensitivity to electroacupuncture (4) difficulty in being treated with acupuncture because of edema, skin diseases, etc. (5) been thought to be inadequate for this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method T-reflex latency(biceps brachii, brachioradialis and triceps brachii of the affected side);T-reflex amplitude(biceps brachii, brachioradialis and triceps brachii of the affected side)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Modified Ashworth scale(MAS);Fugl-Meyer motor function assesment(FMA);Functional independence measure(FIM)