healthy volunteers and patients with chronic hemiparesis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: healthy volunteers and patients with chronic hemiparesis (Brunnstrom stage III to VI (lower) over 15 year old and no comunicatioin problem.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients who tendency to bleeding, communication by language is difficult, and very delicate skin which is easy to damaged.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.measurering H-reflex and H max/M max ratio before and after cutaneous acupuncture and sham acupuncture stimulations in the double blind cross over test. 2.legs muscles integral electromyographic activity during continuous walking before and after cutaneous acupuncture stimulations. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 3.Physical assessments by MMT,Brunnstrom stage and Moified Ashworth scale. 4.Patients are monitored for the amount of daily physical activity time, steps, and exercise intensity for a month with cutaneous acupuncture and following further month with no stimulation. After each period, patients answered the stroke impact scale. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactMiyuki Matsumoto
Showa University School of Medicine Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Outcome results
None listed