efficacy of acupuncture on symptoms of htlv1 patients
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Condition 1: HTLV1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP). Condition 2: HTLV1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HAM/TSP).Tropical spastic paraplegiaRetrovirus infections, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- IRCT2016031327036N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research,Mashhad university of medical sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Informed consent, and confirmation of HAM / TSP according to World Health Organization (WHO) criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Patients who have contraindications for acupuncture such as wound or skin infection at the time of acupuncture therapy or bleeding diathesis; patients who suffer from other illness that may exacerbate the paraparesis such as vitamin B12 deficiency.
The intervention is acupuncture.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Spastic Paraparasy. Timepoint: Before the intervention and After the intervention then three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: on basis of Criterion ashworth.;Incontinency. Timepoint: Before the intervention and After the intervention then three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: on basis of Criterion ICIQ-SF.;Back pain. Timepoint: Before the intervention and After the intervention then three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: on basis of Criterion VAS.;Disability. Timepoint: Before the intervention and After the intervention then three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: on basis of Criterion OMDS.;Viral load. Timepoint: Before the intervention After the intervention, three months after the intervention. Method of measurement: DNA copy number of virus per mononuclear cells.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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