NCT05648162

Acupuncture-tDCS Convergence Rehabilitation Effect on Stroke Patients

Convergence of Acupuncture and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation(tDCS) Rehabilitation Effect on Motor Function of Patients of Acute Stroke

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to confirm the convergence effectiveness of on acupuncture of the chinese medicine and the tDCS of the western medicine on motor function for patients with acute stroke compared to the control group.

Conditions

• Stroke, Acute

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Electrical acupuncture	Electrical acupuncture (2Hz, 150 μs) once daily (five times a week), for 20 minutes each session, totaling 20 sessions.
DEVICE	Acupuncture	Electrical acupuncture (no electricity) once daily (five times a week), for 20 minutes each session, totaling 20 sessions.
DEVICE	tDCS	tDCS (1mA) once daily (five times a week), for 20 minutes each session, totaling 20 sessions.
DEVICE	sham tDCS	tDCS (no electricity) once daily (five times a week), for 20 minutes each session, totaling 20 sessions.
OTHER	NDT-Bobath Rehabilitation	NDT-Bobath Rehabilitation once daily (five times a week), for 30 minutes each session, totaling 20 sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-07-05
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2022-12-13
• Last updated: 2024-05-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea