Acupuncture With Deqi And Psychological Effects in Treatment of Bell's Palsy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Bell's Palsy
• Interventions: Device: acupuncture Non-manipulation; Device: acupuncture, deqi

• Registration Number: NCT00685789
• Lead Sponsor: Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to observe the influence of Deqi and neuropsychological factors on effects of acupuncture treatment for Bell's Palsy.

Detailed Description

Through long-term clinical practice，acupuncture treatment on facial paralysis has been generally proved effective；the large number of ancient and modern medical literature also have suggested that acupuncture is beneficial for facial paralysis. However,a scientific basis is still needed to be established to make sure the efficacy of acupuncture be recognized internationally.This study will adopt a series of international practice scales ,such as House Brackmann Scale,Facial Disability Index(FDI),World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), Cattell Personality Factors (16PF),and Cancellation test to evaluate the role of deqi and neuropsychological factors in the acupuncture treatment for Bell's Palsy.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2008-05-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-05-27
• Study First Posted: 2008-05-28
• Status Verified: 2008-06
• Study Start: 2008-10
• Primary Completion: 2010-10
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 2011-09-29

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 355

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Acupuncture without Deqi	acupuncture Non-manipulation	Needles were simply inserted and retained for 30 min, without any other stimulation.
Acupuncture with Deqi	acupuncture, deqi	Needles were inserted and manipulated manually using the techniques such as lifting, thrusting, and twirling, until the internal compound sensation of soreness, numbness, fullness, aching, cool, warmth, heaviness and radiating sensation (Deqi) occurred. The needles were retained for 30 min.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
House-Brackmann scale (HBS)	6 months after onset of symptoms

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
facial disability index (FDI)	6 months after onset of symptoms
World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF(WHOQOL-BREF)	6 months after onset of symptoms

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine; 🇨🇳 Wuhan, Hubei, China