NCT05930262

Acupuncture Therapy Combined With Breathing Training for Patients With Stroke Complicated

Acupuncture Therapy Combined With Breathing Training for Patients With Stroke Complicated With Pulmonary Infection: A Clinical Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 28 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this prospective randomized controlled study is to explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture therapy combined with breathing training in patients with stroke complicated with pulmonary infection. The intervention group and control group were treated with conventional drug therapy, rehabilitation therapy and breathing training for 2 consecutive weeks. On this basis, the intervention group additionally received acupuncture therapy. To evaluate the clinical efficacy of both groups.

Detailed description

To explore the clinical efficacy of acupuncture therapy combined with breathing training in patients with stroke complicated with pulmonary infection. Using a prospective randomized controlled study, 72 patients with pulmonary infection after stroke admitted to our hospital from May 2020 to May 2021 were randomly divided into the intervention group and control group, with 36 patients in each group. Both groups were treated with conventional drug therapy, rehabilitation therapy and breathing training for 2 consecutive weeks. On this basis, the intervention group additionally received acupuncture therapy. The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) syndrome score and clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) before and after treatment, time of fever relieving, time for the disappearance of cough, expectoration and moist rales in the lung, white blood cell count (WBC), serum C-reactive protein (CRP) level, calcitonin (PCT) level and pulmonary indexes were compared between the 2 groups, respectively, to evaluate clinical efficacy.

Conditions

• Stroke
• Lung Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	TCM acupuncture therapy	TCM acupuncture therapy: Zusanli, Quchi, Hegu, Taichong, Feishu and Fenglong were selected as the main acupoints, and the auxiliary acupoints were selected according to the symptoms, including Fengchi, Dazhui, Lieque, Tiantu, Shenshu, Zhongfu, etc.
DRUG	Conventional drug therapy	Antibiotics were selected based on drug sensitivity test results. Patients with body temperature \> 38.5℃ were treated with physical cooling and antipyretic drugs. In patients whose sputum was thick and difficult to cough up, nebulization and inhalation therapy was given, as well as effective coughing and patting the back to expel phlegm were guided.
BEHAVIORAL	Rehabilitation therapy	Comprehensive training for hemiplegic limbs included a joint range of motion training, bridging exercise, turnover training, balance training, gait training, hand function training and self-care ability training, 40 min/d, 6 times/w.
BEHAVIORAL	Breathing training	Training was conducted daily in the morning, or after symptom relief in the case of fever or other discomforts, once a day, 30-40 min/time.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-05-01
• Primary completion: 2021-05-31
• Completion: 2023-06-01
• First posted: 2023-07-05
• Last updated: 2023-07-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China