ArticleBMC complementary and alternative medicine2019
Effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture for poststroke patients with shoulder pain: study protocol for a double-center, randomized, patient- and assessor-blinded, sham-controlled, parallel, clinical trial.
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Effectiveness and Safety of Electroacupuncture for Poststroke Patients With Shoulder Pain: Study Protocol for a Multicenter, Randomized, Patient and Assessor Blinded, Sham Controlled, Parallel, Clinical Trial
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of acupuncture on mental health of migraine patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture on Migraine.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Pooled it
- Electroacupuncture Modulates Multiple Pathways for Neuroprotection and Neurorepair in Ischemic Stroke.CNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026Review
- The efficacy of electroacupuncture for cervical nerve edema and movement disorder caused by the brachial plexus injury: a case report.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Article
- Application of Acupuncture for Shoulder Pain Over the Past 22 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2023Article
- Combination of stem cell therapy and acupuncture to treat ischemic stroke: a prospective review.Stem cell research & therapy · 2022Review
- Elucidating the mechanisms of post-stroke motor recovery mediated by electroacupuncture using diffusion tensor tractography.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundPractitioners of complementary and alternative medicine have suggested that acupuncture could alleviate poststroke shoulder pain, based on the clinical evidence. This study protocol is aimed at showing the effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture therapy for stroke survivors with shoulder pain.
methodsAfter assessing their eligibility, 60 stroke survivors with shoulder pain will be enrolled from two traditional Korean medicine hospitals and randomly divided into either the verum or the sham electroacupuncture (EA) group with a 1:1 ratio. The participants will receive 9 sessions of EA procedures for 3 weeks. The verum EA consists of needling on 6 unilateral acupoints (LI4, LI15, TE14, SI9, SI11, and GB21) with electronic stimulation. A non-penetrating Park sham device and fake electronic stimulation will be used in the sham group on the same acupoints. Patients and outcome assessors will be blinded throughout the entire study. A visual analog scale will be used primarily for the evaluation, and pain rating scale, Fugl-Meyer assessment for upper extremity, modified Ashworth scale, manual muscle test, passive range of motion test, Korean version of a modified Barthel index, and Korean version of the Beck depression inventory will be also be measured. A blinding index will be assessed. For safety, adverse events will be recorded. Data will be statistically analyzed by two-sample t-test or Wilcoxon rank sum test for efficacy and a chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test for safety, at 5% of significance level. DISCUSSION: We expect this double-center, randomized, sham-controlled, patient- and assessor-blinded parallel trial to explore the effectiveness and safety of EA therapy, compared with sham EA, for poststroke shoulder pain.
trial registrationhttps://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03086863.
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