Evaluating the Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture on Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The investigators design a randomized, single blinded, control study to evaluate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture in acute ischemic stroke patients:

Detailed Description
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Acupuncture therapy in traditional Chinese medicine has been verified in many disease by thousands years. Due to the feasible and relatively safe in acupuncture management, now the west countries had been well document about acupuncture in medicine. The acupuncture therapy applied in post stroke functional recovery has been considered as more benefit than physical therapy only to post stroke rehabilitation. However, the effect of combined acupuncture therapy with standard management in acute stroke patient still remains unknown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the therapeutic effect of acupuncture in acute ischemic stroke patients. The prospective study was designed as a randomized, single blinded, control trial. We collected newly onset of acute ischemic stroke patient without underling systemic major illness, and randomized assign the collected patients into two groups as experimental (acupuncture)group and normal control group. The two groups both treat with routine western medicine as standard stroke therapy. The outcome measurement will evaluate by the changes from baseline at one and three months. The assessed scales including NIH stroke scale, the Barthel index, the Functional Independence Measure score, the Fugl-Meyer Assessment, and the Modified Rankin Scale. We compared the all variable measurements to see if any benefit from acupuncture group than the control group.

Official Title
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Evaluating the Therapeutic Effect of Acupuncture on Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

Conditions
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Acute Stroke

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: acupuncture


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: newly onset of acute ischemic stroke,Exclusion Criteria: without underling systemic major illness

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 40 Years
Maximum Age: 85 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: acupuncture<br>The acupuncture treatment for the intervention group was provided once daily for 2 weeks. | Other: acupuncture<br>* Intervention with acupuncture<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| National Institute of Health Stroke Scale |  | the fourth week | 
| Fugal-Mayer Assessment |  | The fourth week | 
| Functional Independent Measure |  | The fourth week | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| National Institute of Health Stroke Scale |  | The three months after admission | 
| Barthel index |  | The three month after admission | 
| Modified Rankin Scale |  | The three after admission | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Acupuncture therap, Acute stroke, Randomized controlled trials