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Acupuncture for gait disturbance of patients with subacute and chronic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
Introduction Hemiparetic gait is one of the most common sequelae of a stroke. Acupuncture has shown potential in correcting hemiplegic gait patterns and improving motor function recovery after stroke. However, controversial findings and a lack of supportive evidence on the effectiveness of acupuncture for post-stroke hemiplegia. The intelligent gait analysis system provides a new perspective for the study of hemiparetic gait. This systematic review aims to collect relevant studies and critically evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture in alleviating gait disturbance of post-stroke hemiplegia based on quantified gai...
Source: BMJ Open - June 21, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Sun, Z., Lin, Y.-r., Lu, M.-j., Huang, K.-y., Sun, K., Zhang, J.-b. Tags: Open access, Rehabilitation medicine Source Type: research

The efficacy and safety of Jin's three-needle therapy vs. placebo acupuncture on anxiety symptoms in patients with post-stroke anxiety: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
This study firstly verifies the real effectiveness of JTNT. Besides, the changes in serum indexes on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA axis) are observed dynamically by the Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay (ELISA). The activation of different brain regions by JTNT is recorded using resting functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). Therefore, we can provide more practical and powerful evidence-based medical evidence for clinical decisions.MethodThis is a 16 week parallel, single-blind, random, controlled trial, including baseline, 4 weeks of treatment, and 12 weeks of follow-up. A total of 114 participant...
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - September 7, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Why Acupuncture Is Going Mainstream in Medicine
When the opioid addiction crisis began to surge in the U.S. about a decade ago, Dr. Medhat Mikhael spent a lot of time talking to his patients about other ways to heal pain besides opioids, from other types of medications to alternative treatments. As a pain management specialist at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., he didn’t anticipate leaving behind the short-term use of opioids altogether, since they work so well for post-surgical pain. But he wanted to recommend a remedy that was safer and still effective. That turned out to be acupuncture. “Like any treatment, acupuncture...
Source: TIME: Health - April 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Elizabeth Millard Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate medicine Source Type: news

Scalp acupuncture enhances local brain regions functional activities and functional connections between cerebral hemispheres in acute ischemic stroke patients
This study aimed to explore the changes in functional connections between cerebral hemispheres and local brain regions functional activities in patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treated with International Standard Scalp Acupuncture (ISSA). Thirty patients with middle cerebral artery AIS in the dominant hemisphere were selected and randomly divided into two groups such as the control group and the scalp acupuncture group, with 15 patients in each group. Patients in the control group were treated with conventional Western medicine, while patients in the scalp acupuncture group received ISSA (acupuncture at the pariet...
Source: Anatomical Record - August 25, 2021 Category: Anatomy Authors: Huacong Liu Yijing Jiang Ningning Wang Han Yan Lanpin Chen Jingchun Gao Jiping Zhang Shanshan Qu Songyan Liu Gang Liu Yong Huang Junqi Chen Source Type: research

The effect and biomechanical mechanisms of intradermal needle for post-stroke hemiplegia recovery: Study protocol for a randomized controlled pilot trial
This study attempts to investigate the biomechanical effects of intradermal needle for post-stroke hemiplegia recovery. This proposed study is a single-centered, prospective, single-blinded (patient-assessor-blinded), randomized clinical pilot trial involving 40 patients with post-stroke hemiplegia. Patients will be randomized to an experimental group or control group in a 1:1 ratio. All of them will receive conventional rehabilitation therapies. Patients in the experimental group will be treated with intradermal needle, whereas patients in the control group will receive sham intradermal needle. The primary outcome measur...
Source: Medicine - April 1, 2018 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Study Protocol Clinical Trial Source Type: research

Effects of acupuncture and computer-assisted cognitive training for post-stroke attention deficits: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
DiscussionThis trial mainly focuses on evaluating the effects of computer-assisted cognitive training compared to acupuncture on the outcomes of attention assessments. The results of this pilot trial are expected to provide new insights on how Eastern and Western medicine can complement one another and improve the treatment of cognitive impairments in early stroke rehabilitation. Including patients with different cultural backgrounds allows a more generalisable interpretation of the results but also poses risks of performance bias. Using standardised and well-described assessments, validated for each region, is pivotal to ...
Source: Trials - December 2, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Jia HuangMichael McCaskeyShanli YangHaicheng YeJing TaoCai JiangCorina Schuster-AmftChristian BalzerThierry EttlinWilfried SchuppHartwig KulkeLidian Chen Source Type: research

Integrative medicine for subacute stroke rehabilitation: a study protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial
Introduction Many patients with stroke receive integrative medicine in China, which includes the basic treatment of Western medicine and routine rehabilitation, in conjunction with acupuncture and Chinese medicine. The question of whether integrative medicine is efficacious for stroke rehabilitation is still controversial and very little research currently exists on the integrated approach for this condition. Consequently, we will conduct a multicentre, randomised, controlled, assessor-blinded clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of integrative medicine on stroke rehabilitation. Methods and analysis 360 participants...
Source: BMJ Open - December 4, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Fang, J., Chen, L., Chen, L., Wang, C., Keeler, C. L., Ma, R., Xu, S., Shen, L., Bao, Y., Ji, C. Tags: Open access, Complementary medicine Protocol Source Type: research

Acupuncture for acute stroke: study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial
We report a protocol for a multicenter, randomized, controlled, and outcome assessor-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of acupuncture on acute ischemic stroke. Methods: In a prospective trial involving three hospitals in the Zhejiang Province (China) 250 patients with a recent (less than 1 week previous) episode of ischemic stroke will be included. Patients will be randomized into two groups: an acupuncture group given scalp acupuncture and electroacupuncture, and a control group given no acupuncture. Eighteen treatment sessions will be performed over a three-week period. The primary outcome will be measured ...
Source: BioMed Central - June 8, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lifang ChenJianqiao FangRuijie MaRonen FroymXudong GuJianhua LiLina ChenShouyu XuConghua Ji Source Type: research

Efficacy of integrated rehabilitation techniques of traditional chinese medicine for ischemic stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
This study aimed to determine the efficacy of Integrated Rehabilitation Techniques of Traditional Chinese Medicine (IRT-TCM) on patients with ischemic stroke as an alternative therapy to conventional rehabilitation techniques. Sixty-nine patients with ischemic stroke were randomly assigned to receive either IRT-TCM (intervention group, n = 46) or conventional rehabilitation techniques (control group, n = 23). The IRT-TCM consisted of a sequential combination of acupuncture and massage techniques. The Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA), National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Barthel index (BI) and modified Rankin Scal...
Source: The American Journal of Chinese Medicine - October 18, 2013 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Zhang Y, Jin H, Ma D, Fu Y, Xie Y, Li Z, Zou Y Tags: Am J Chin Med Source Type: research