To Evaluate the Therapeutic Effect of Laser Acupuncture in Patients With Acute or Subacute Post Stroke Shoulder Pain
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Verum laser acupuncture, Sham laser acupuncture.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Post Stroke Shoulder Pain. Basic parameters: from 20 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Taiwan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
Investigators propose a research design protocol to evaluate the efficacy of laser acupuncture in improving shoulder pain and improving shoulder function recovery after stroke.
Detailed description
Shoulder pain after stroke, also known as hemiplegic shoulder pain, is one of the common complications after stroke. The overall incidence rate increases with the time after stroke.The existing treatment methods for shoulder pain after stroke are divided into non-drug and drug. Investigators propose a research design protocol to evaluate the efficacy of laser acupuncture in improving shoulder pain and improving shoulder function recovery after stroke.
Interventions
- Device Verum laser acupuncture
Applied verum laser acupuncture on specific acupoints in patient with post stroke shoulder pain. - Device Sham laser acupuncture
Applied sham laser acupuncture on specific acupoints in patient with post stroke shoulder pain.
Primary outcome measures
- Passive range of motion of shoulder [Time frame: 3 weeks]
- Numerical rating scale [Time frame: 3 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Brief Pain Inventory - Short Form (BPI-sf) [Time frame: 3 weeks]
- Visual graphic rating scale (VGRS) of ShoulderQ [Time frame: 3 weeks]
- Meridian energy by Meridian Energy Analysis Devices [Time frame: 3 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Beyond the age of 20.
- Normal consciousness before and after stroke who can reply and fill in the questionnaire.
- Subacute (subacute phase: 7 days to 6 months after stroke) and Chronic (chronic phase: more than 6 months after stroke) with shoulder pain after stroke and in post- stroke recovery period.
- Stop taking painkillers for more than 1 day,
- Without received intramuscular drugs (steroids, botulinum toxin, glucose, etc.) injections in the shoulder joint or around the shoulder for more than 2 weeks
- Those willing to sign the written subject consent form.
Exclusion criteria
- Participants with shoulder pain symptoms before the stroke
- Acute shoulder trauma on the affected side of shoulder pain in the past.
- Surgery on the affected side of shoulder pain in the past.
- Those who cannot complete the scale assessment due to aphasia, post-stroke depression, and obvious cognitive impairment.
- Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant.
- Those who have a history of epilepsy and are receiving anti-epileptic drug treatment.
- Who are receiving any herbal or folk remedies related to shoulder pain.
- Any other conditions deemed unsuitable in the assessment of the responsible physician.
- Those who have not signed the written subject consent form.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Taiwan · 1 center
- Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung Medical Center — Keelung
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05328401 · 202200086A3 · 202200086A3C502