Post-stroke upper limb spasticity
Conditions
Interventions
Control group:"Regulating Yin and Yang" acupuncture
Observation Group:"Regulating Yin and Yang" acupuncture combined with extracorporeal shock wave therapy
Sponsors
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
30 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Meet the diagnostic criteria of stroke and stroke disease confirmed by cranial CT or MRI. 2) The patient is the first time to have a stroke or the patient has no obvious after-effects of previous strokes; 3) The patient's vital signs are stable and he/she can cooperate with relevant examinations and treatments. 3) The patient's vital signs are stable and able to cooperate with relevant examinations and treatments; 4) The patient's age is between 30-75; 5) No serious organ disease or other major diseases; 6) Patients and their family members are informed and agree to participate in this clinical trial. 7) MMSE score >23 normal listening comprehension and expression ability; 8) Brunnstrom stage II-IV upper limb modified Ashworth scale grade 1-3.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Those with =3 strokes and bilateral cerebral hemispheric lesions; 2) Those with coagulation dysfunction bleeding risk unable to cooperate with the examination and acupuncture treatment; 3) Those with breakage trauma infection on the surface of the needling site and the surface of the skull and brain; 4) Those suffering from major organ diseases. 5) Patients with spasticity of the upper limbs caused by reasons other than stroke; 6) Patients with upper limb spasticity who have taken sedative drugs or muscle relaxants within the last 3 months; 7)Patients with severe hearing and comprehension dysfunction or mental abnormality; 8)Those with severe hearing and understanding dysfunction or mental abnormality; (ix) Those with severe pain in the upper limb due to osteoarthritis exudative synovitis etc. who are unable to cooperate with the examination and treatment;
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS); | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| fNIRS;Upper limb Fual-Meyer motor function assessment scale (FMA);Modified Barthel Index (MBI); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYuTao
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed