NCT06208059

Electroacupuncture of Scalp Motor Area to Improve Post-Stroke Wrist Dyskinesia

Completed NA Last updated 17 January 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing manual acupuncture in Stroke Sequelae in 66 participants. Completed in 1 January 2023.

Timeline

1 July 2021

Primary endpoint
31 October 2022

1 January 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	quadruple
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	66
Start date	1 July 2021
Primary completion	31 October 2022
Estimated completion	1 January 2023
Sites	1 location across China

Drugs / interventions tested

• manual acupuncture
• electroacupuncture

Conditions studied

• Stroke Sequelae — all drugs for Stroke Sequelae →
• Movement Disorders — all drugs for Movement Disorders →

Sponsor

Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine

Who can join

Adults 40 to 75, any sex, with Stroke Sequelae or Movement Disorders. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture in stimulating the scalp motor area for treating post-stroke wrist dyskinesia and its influence on the function of wrist movement-related active muscles. The main question it aims to answer is: which method of stimulating the scalp motor area is more effective in the recovery of wrist motor function after stroke? Participants will be given routine Western medicine treatment and acupuncture treatment on the hemiplegic side. In the manual acupuncture group, participants will be needled in the scalp motor area on the lesion side. The same acupoint was selected as the manual acupuncture group in the electroacupuncture group. The score of Chinese Stroke Scale (CSS), the score of the upper limb of the Barthel Index (BI), the active range of motion (AROM) of wrist joint, and the surface electromyography (sEMG) was used to measure the root mean square (RMS) of extensor carpi radialis longus, extensor digitorum, flexor carpi radialis and flexor carpi ulnaris on the hemiplegic side of the patients before and after the 3-week treatment period, respectively compare the clinical efficacy of the two groups.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Electroacupuncture versus conventional acupuncture of scalp motor area for post-stroke wrist dyskinesia and its effect on muscle function: a randomized, controlled clinical trial.
   Ruwen Z, Xu D, Tianyi W, Liyuan F, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 40810231 · DOI 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2025.04.014