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Effects of electroacupuncture therapy for Bell's palsy from acute stage: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
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A Randomized Trial Comparing Two Electroacupuncture Waveforms for Different Severity Groups of Bell Palsy
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Study protocol for a randomized trial comparing two electroacupuncture waveforms for different severity groups of Bell palsy.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Combination of Manual Acupuncture, Penetrating Needling, and Electroacupuncture to Treat Bell's Palsy.Medical acupuncture · 2023Article
- Global Trends and Performances of Acupuncture Therapy on Bell's Palsy from 2000 to 2023: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Early intervention with acupuncture improves the outcome of patients with Bell's palsy: A propensity score-matching analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough many patients with facial paralysis have obtained benefits or completely recovered after acupuncture or electroacupuncture therapy, it is still difficult to list intuitive evidence besides evaluation using neurological function scales and a few electrophysiologic data. Hence, the aim of this study is to use more intuitive and reliable detection techniques such as facial nerve magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nerve electromyography, and F waves to observe changes in the anatomic morphology of facial nerves and nerve conduction before and after applying acupuncture or electroacupuncture, and to verify their effectiveness by combining neurological function scales. METHODS/
designA total of 132 patients with Bell's palsy (grades III and IV in the House-Brackmann [HB] Facial Nerve Grading System) will be randomly divided into electroacupuncture, manual acupuncture, non-acupuncture, and medicine control groups. All the patients will be given electroacupuncture treatment after the acute period, except for patients in the medicine control group. The acupuncture or electroacupuncture treatments will be performed every 2 days until the patients recover or withdraw from the study. The primary outcome is analysis based on facial nerve functional scales (HB scale and Sunnybrook facial grading system), and the secondary outcome is analysis based on MRI, nerve electromyography and F-wave detection. All the patients will undergo MRI within 3 days after Bell's palsy onset for observation of the signal intensity and facial nerve swelling of the unaffected and affected sides. They will also undergo facial nerve electromyography and F-wave detection within 1 week after onset of Bell's palsy. Nerve function will be evaluated using the HB scale and Sunnybrook facial grading system at each hospital visit for treatment until the end of the study. The MRI, nerve electromyography, and F-wave detection will be performed again at 1 month after the onset of Bell's palsy.
trial registrationChinese Clinical Trials Register identifier: ChiCTR-IPR-14005730. Registered on 23 December 2014.
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