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ArticleJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2023

Contralateral needling at the foot of unaffected side combining with rehabilitation treatment for motor dysfunction of hand after ischemic stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial.

L I Menghan, Yan Yan, Deng Shizhe, Wang Yu, F U Yu, Shi Lei, Yang Jin, Zhang Chunhong

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Article in Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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L I MenghanDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300193, China.
Yan YanDepartment of Acupuncture, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University Affiliated Third Hospital, Hangzhou 310012, China.
Deng ShizheDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300193, China.
Wang YuDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300193, China.
F U YuDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300193, China.
Shi LeiDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300193, China.
Yang JinDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300193, China.
Zhang ChunhongDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Tianjin 300193, China.
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNThe Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

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Abstract

This pilot study is to assess the feasibility and the effect of a combination therapy of rehabilitation treatment and contralateral needling, which is manipulated at the foot of the unaffected side, for the recovery of the paretic hand post-stroke. This prospective pilot clinical trial will recruit 72 stroke patients with paretic hands and a disease course of 14 to 90 d. Patients will be randomized into two groups: the control group will receive conventional Xingnao Kaiqiao acupuncture and basic treatment for the stroke; based on the control group, the observation group will receive the contralateral needling at the foot of the unaffected side combined with the rehabilitation movement of the paretic hand. 12 sessions will be administrated for 2 weeks. The primary outcome, Fugl-Meyer Assessment, and the secondary outcomes, the handgrip strength, the range of motion, the modified Barthel index, and the Brunnstrom recovery stages, will be measured the recovery of the hand motor function during the 2 weeks' intervention. This study aims to investigate the instant effect of contralateral needling at the foot of the unaffected side combined with the rehabilitation treatment movement for patients with the paretic hand of Poststroke motor dysfunction and provide the previous evidence for the future large sample studies.

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Ischemic StrokeStrokeFootHand StrengthHumansPilot ProjectsProspective StudiesRandomized Controlled Trials as Topicacupunctureclinical trial protocolcontralateral needingopposing needlingrehabilitationstroke

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PMCPMC10465831
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