Dry Needling in Patients Who Had Experience Stroke

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title: Changes in Spasticity, Motor Function and Stabilometry After Dry Needling of the Tibialis Posterior Muscle in Post-stroke Patients

Status Recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Individuals who had experience a stroke usually suffer from spasticity at medium and long-terms. The presence of spasticity in the lower extremity implies several impairments for standing and walking inducing high disability. A recent study has proposed the use of dry needling for improving spasticity in the lower extremity. No study has investigated the effects of deep dry needling inserted into spastic musculature in stabilometry and moto function in patients who had experience a stroke. A randomized controlled trial investigating the effects of the inclusion of deep dry needling into a Bobath interventional program on spasticity, motor function and balance (stabilometry) in individuals who had experience a stroke

Clinical Trial Description

n/a

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

• NCT number: NCT02579291
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
• Contact: CESAR FERNANDEZ-DE-LAS-PEÑAS, PhD
• Phone: +34914888884
• Email: cesar.fernandez@urjc.es
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2015
• Completion date: April 2016