The Applying of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage to Improving Constipation in Stroke Patients.

The Effectiveness of the Applying of Acupressure and Abdominal Massage to Improving Constipation in Stroke Patients.

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03046563

Enrollment

Registered

2017-02-08

Start date

2015-11-30

Completion date

2017-05-31

Last updated

2017-02-24

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Conditions

Abdominal Massage, Acupressure, Constipation, Stroke Patients

Keywords

acupressure, abdominal massage, constipation, stroke patients, Traditional Chinese medicine

Brief summary

Experimental research design with two-group repeated-measure design. Experimental group was pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail. Control group was pressing sham ponits. Research tools to self semi-structured questionnaire collected data on patient's diet, activity, medication, defecation patterns, subjective defecation feelingauscultation bowel sounds like.

Detailed description

Experimental research design with two-group repeated-measure design. The investigators estimate there are recruit fifty patients from related rehabilitation hospital of a medical center in Taichung, central Taiwan, using randomization put patients in experimental group and control group. Experimental group Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes total, press once in the morning and afternoon, seven days total and two days for follow the trail. Control group was pressing sham ponits. Research tools to self semi-structured questionnaire collected data on patient's diet, activity, medication, defecation patterns, subjective defecation feelings, and auscultation bowel sounds like. The investigators expected the results of this study can provide clinical nursing care for stroke patients of reference, to improve quality of care, and increase acupressure to improve the empirical data of stroke in patients with constipation.

Interventions

OTHERAcupressure and Abdominal Massage

Pressing the Hegu (LI 4), Zusanli (ST 36) , Tianshu(ST 25) and abdominal massage for eight minutes

OTHERPressing the Sham points

Pressing the sham points for eight minutes

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. patients who were diagnosed as stroke, and in stability phase. 2. patients who had constipation symptoms. 3. patients whose platelets counts more than 150,000 / μ.

Exclusion criteria

1. Consciousness is not clear. 2. The physician diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
defecation patterns	9 days	measure defecation frequency and nature

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
auscultation bowel sounds	9 days	auscultation bowel sounds before and after intervention

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026