Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention group:scalp acupuncture and language rehabilitation training
Control group:language rehabilitation training
Sponsors
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants will have been diagnosed with stroke according to the criteria regulated by the Fourth National Cerebral Vascular Disease Conference, and confirmed as first stroke by the head computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)examination; 2. Within two years after stroke; 3. Participants should be between 18 and 80 years of age; 4. Brocas aphasia after stroke, determined by the neurologist or rehabilitation physician and speech and language therapist, ascertained with Chinese Rehabilitation Research Center Standard Aphasia Examination (CRRCAE); 5. Participants or his/her guardian's written approval to participation in the trial is required, and they will understand the research.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Aphasia due to other encephalopathy, such as traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, neurodegenerative diseases, brain parasitic diseases and so on; 2. Those with aphasia due to dementia or dysarthria; 3. Severe uncorrected-to-normal visual or auditory impairment; 4. Stroke with serious uncontrolled complications, such as severe pulmonary infection, shoulder-hand syndrome or deep vein thrombosis; 5. Serious heart,liver,kidney or nervous system disease; 6. A history of epilepsy; 7. Those have received an alternate intensive intervention which may affect the evaluation results during the last 4 weeks.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| China rehabilitation research center aphasia examination ;Severity grading standard of aphasia; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Modified Barthel Index Table;Health status questionnaire SF-36;fMRI;Safety indicators;Indicators of health economic; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactJing Tao
Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed