thalamic hemorrhage
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) First ever TH verified by computer tomography(CT); (2) Moderate TH(10-30ml); (3) Unilateral primary TH; (4) Hematoma originating and confined to the thalamus; (5) Age between 18 and 70 years; (6) Acupuncture treatment can be applied to the thalsmus in 72 hours after TH; (7) Voluntarily willing to sign informed consent; (8) Right handed; (9) All bleeding has stopped at the time of acupucnture initiation.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Traumatic TH; (2) Bilateral TH; (3) Hematoma originates in another location and extends to the thulamus or hematoma originates in the thalamus and extends beyond the thalamus; (4) Other areas of cerebral infarction.cerebral hemorrhage,or tumor on admission of CT/MRI; (5) Unable to determine the loaction of the origine of the heatoma on admission CT; (6) Mimor TH (30ml); (7) heart, liver, or renal failure; (8) Refusal to sign written informed consent; (9) Unable to undergo randomized enrollment; (10)Left handed; (11)Continued bleeding at the time of acupuncture administration;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| changes in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale scores; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| death or major disability;the rate of shift to surgery;the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS);boston diagnostic aphasia exam;boston aphasia battery test;Mount Wilga high level language screening test;behavioral in-attention test; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese and western,West China Hospital, Sichuan University