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2023 , Vol. 43 >Issue 5: 1034 - 1039

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2023.05.007

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

  • Menghan LI ,
  • Yan YAN ,
  • Shizhe DENG ,
  • Yu WANG ,
  • Yu FU ,
  • Lei SHI ,
  • Jin YANG ,
  • Chunhong ZHANG
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  • 1 Department 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
    2 Department of Acupuncture, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University Affiliated Third Hospital, Hangzhou 310012, China

Received date: 2022-01-04

  Accepted date: 2022-05-05

  Online published: 2023-08-29

Supported by

Exploration and Innovation Project from the First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of TCM(201921)

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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.

Key words： acupuncture; contralateral needing; opposing needling; rehabilitation; stroke; clinical trial protocol

Cite this article

Menghan LI , Yan YAN , Shizhe DENG , Yu WANG , Yu FU , Lei SHI , Jin YANG , Chunhong ZHANG . 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[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2023 , 43(5) : 1034 -1039 . DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2023.05.007

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