NCT04435561

Efficacy of Dry Needling in the Spasticity Post-stroke

Efficacy of Dry Needling in the Spasticity of the Hemiparetic Limbs Post-stroke

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Malaga · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Stroke is a serious clinical condition and one of the leading causes of long-term disability in the world. One of the most serious complications of this condition is spasticity. Recently, dry needling has commented to be used as a treatment in muscle spasticity of chronic patients after a stroke, producing improvements in clinical conditions. This study evaluates the effectiveness of dry needling technique in the spasticity of the hemiparetic limbs in chronic post-stroke patients. The Modified Ashworth Scale is used to measure the spasticity´s improvement after the procedure.

Conditions

• Spasticity, Muscle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Standard physiotherapy rehabilitation and dry needling	The dry needling group receives 6 sessions of dry needling in the spastic muscles of the upper and lower hemiparetic limbs.
OTHER	Standard physiotherapy rehabilitation	This group receives their traditional intervention, without dry needling.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-15
• Primary completion: 2021-07-15
• Completion: 2021-09-30
• First posted: 2020-06-17
• Last updated: 2020-12-03