Post-stroke dysphagia
Conditions
Interventions
experimental group :acupuncture+ basic treatment
control group :superficial skin penetration at sham acupoints without manipulation+basic treatment
Sponsors
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) Meet the diagnostic criteria for ischemic stroke and dysphagia; (2) Course of ischemic stroke between 1 to 6 months; (3) The Water Swallowing Test Scale ranged from 3-5; (4) Age between 40 and 80 years; (5) Chinese native speaker; (6) Right-handed according to the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (EHI); (7) Vital signs are stable and able to cooperate with the study; (8) Participants or legal representative sign the ICF voluntarily.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) Dysphagia caused by another diseases (for example, head and neck cancer, oropharyngeal diseases, and so on); (2) Dysphagia existed prior to the onset of this ischemic stroke; (3) Expected to live for less than three months; (4) With medullary injury; (5) Suffering from cerebral hemorrhage, brain tumor, and another diseases resulting in abnormal brain MRI structure; (6) Have contraindications to MRI scans, such as implanted metal, cochlear implants, or claustrophobia; (7) Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) scores =50 or Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) scores =50; (8) Received acupuncture within the last one week.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Regional homogeneity, ReHo;Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuation, ALFF;Fractional Amplitude of Low Frequency Fluctuation, fALFF;Percent Amplitude of Fluctuation, PerAF;Functional connectivity,FC;fraction anisotropy,FA;mean diffusivity,MD; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Functional Oral Intake Scale;Water Swallowing Test;National Institute of Health stroke scale;Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaonong Fan
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed