Acupuncture for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome

Shoulder-hand Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Combined With Rehabilitation Therapy for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome in Community Hospital: a Multicenter，Randomized，Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02011854
• Other study ID #: PW2013A-41
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: December 10, 2013
• Last updated: December 12, 2013
• Start date: October 2013
• Est. completion date: October 2016

Study information

• Verified date: December 2013
• Source: Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Contact: huang Zouqin, Dr.
• Phone: 021-58989669/2727
• Email: hzqmusic[@]yeah.net
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: China: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Shoulder-hand syndrome，a common complication of stroke patient，which is an important factor of limb function recovery.This research aims to observe the effect and safety of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine Combined with Rehabilitation Therapy for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome.Furthermore, the investigators will promote the treatment in community hospital.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 90
• Est. completion date: October 2016
• Est. primary completion date: October 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 40 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ischemic stroke and shoulder hand syndrome,conscious,For 2 weeks to 6 months,Patients with I or ? period.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Disturbance of consciousness,With shoulder joint disease or muscle disease,Patients with shoulder hand syndrome ? period,Serious primary diseases such as heart,liver and kidney,Mental illness.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
• Shoulder-hand Syndrome
• Syndrome

Intervention

Device:
• rehabilitation
rehabilitation,To treat five times a week,Total course is eight weeks
• Acupuncture

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
China	Pudong New Area TCM Hospital	Shanghai	Shanghai

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Zouqin Huang	Longhua Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

China, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Barthel index (BI)	To evaluate patient's ability in daily life	4 weeks and 8 weeks after treatment	Yes
Primary	Visual analogue scale (VAS) method Visual analogue scale (VAS) method Visual analogue scale (VAS)	To evaluate the pain in shoulder joint	4 weeks and 8 weeks after treatment	Yes
Secondary	Fugl-Meyer scale	To evaluate the limb movement function	4 weeks and 8 weeks after treatment	Yes