Acupuncture-tDCS Convergence Rehabilitation Effect on Stroke Patients

Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke, Acute

Treatments: Other: NDT-Bobath Rehabilitation; Device: tDCS; Device: sham tDCS; Device: Electrical acupuncture; Device: Acupuncture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05648162

03-2022-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to confirm the convergence effectiveness of on acupuncture of the chinese medicine and the tDCS of the western medicine on motor function for patients with acute stroke compared to the control group.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Those who within 2 weeks or more and 6 months after a stroke diagnosis.
• Those who have a lesion with a cortex or subcortex
• Adults over 19 years old
• Inpatients and outpatients who can mediate for 4 weeks
• Those who can understand and follow the purpose of this study

Exclusion criteria

• Those who fall under the exclusion criteria for electrical acupuncture or acupuncture or tDCS
• Those who have a experience about adverse reaction to the existing electrical acupuncture or acupuncture or tDCS
• Those who have major psychiatric diseases such as major depression disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, and dementia
• A person who judges that it is not appropriate for a researcher to participate in this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Electrical acupuncture+ tDCS + NDT-Bobath Rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Electrical acupuncture, tDCS, and NDT-BOBATH rehabilitation were performed for 30 minutes per time, respectively. The number of intervention was held for about a month, five times a week(a total of 20 times).

Treatment:

Other: NDT-Bobath Rehabilitation

Device: tDCS

Device: Electrical acupuncture

Acupuncture + sham tDCS + NDT-Bobath Rehabilitation

Active Comparator group

Description:

Acupuncture, tDCS, and NDT-BOBATH rehabilitation were performed for 30 minutes per time, respectively. The number of intervention was held for about a month, five times a week(a total of 20 times).

Treatment:

Other: NDT-Bobath Rehabilitation

Device: sham tDCS

Device: Acupuncture