Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy. Spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Patients come for acupuncture for 4 weeks and 3 times a week. The acupuncture protocol is manual acupuncture and the points used will be Futu (ST ??), Liangqiu (ST
Sponsors
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke (confirmed CT scan or MRI or normal CT and MRI but clinically consistent with the World Health Organization definition of stroke) with a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 6 months Since the stroke Presence of hemiplegia after stroke Diagnosis of spastic hypertonia in a lower limb with an average Ashworth score of at least 2 in an affected lower limb on the first screening day The time interval until the stroke is at least 1 month The presence of at least 2 weeks of moderate or severe spasticity of the knee and ankle joints Problems in the functional use of the lower limb (limited ground support on the affected limb and problems while walking)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Impaired consciousness Muscle disease Severe general illness History of fracture or any deformity that can affect normal walking Use of any antispasmodic medication during the examination
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Lower limb spasticity. Timepoint: Before intervention and 4weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Ashworth scale. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactMohammad Sadegh Adel Mehraban
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed