NCT00685789

Acupuncture With Deqi And Psychological Effects in Treatment of Bell's Palsy

Study of Effects of Deqi and Neuropsychological Factors on Acupuncture Effects in Treatment of Bell's Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 355 (actual)
• Sponsor: Huazhong University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to observe the influence of Deqi and neuropsychological factors on effects of acupuncture treatment for Bell's Palsy.

Detailed description

Through long-term clinical practice，acupuncture treatment on facial paralysis has been generally proved effective；the large number of ancient and modern medical literature also have suggested that acupuncture is beneficial for facial paralysis. However,a scientific basis is still needed to be established to make sure the efficacy of acupuncture be recognized internationally.This study will adopt a series of international practice scales ,such as House Brackmann Scale,Facial Disability Index(FDI),World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), Cattell Personality Factors (16PF),and Cancellation test to evaluate the role of deqi and neuropsychological factors in the acupuncture treatment for Bell's Palsy.

Conditions

• Bell's Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	acupuncture, deqi	Immediately after insertion of a needle, it is manually rotated backwards and forwards to induce the deqi sensation.
DEVICE	acupuncture Non-manipulation	After insertion of a needle, no manipulation is applied, and the needle is retained for 30 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-10-01
• Primary completion: 2010-10-01
• Completion: 2010-12-01
• First posted: 2008-05-28
• Last updated: 2011-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China