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NCT Number: NCT05230849

Effectiveness of a Treatment Plan of Neurological Physiotherapy in Conjunction With Ultrasound-guided Ultrasound-guided Dry Needling in Stroke Patients.

The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of dry needling in stroke patients in combination with intensive neurological physiotherapy.

together with intensive neurological physiotherapy treatment. Randomised and blinded experimental study control group where the sample recruited was 20 patients, who were randomly assigned to a control group.

randomly assigned to a control group, where they received intensive treatment, or to an intervention group, where they received intervention group, where they received ultrasound-guided dry needling of the tibialis anterior and posterior muscles followed by an intensive followed by intensive neurological physiotherapy treatment.

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Key information

Conditions

Neurological Disorder Nervous System Diseases

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Ávila, 05005, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • left middle cerebral artery infarction
  • impaired stability during walking
  • patient between the age range 18 to 70 years old

Exclusion criteria

  • patient under 18 years of age
  • patients over 70 years of age
  • undiagnosed left middle cerebral artery infarction patients

Treatment and study plan

dry needling

Device

is a physiotherapy treatment for neurological patients and studies the efficacy of dry needling by studying several pre-treatment and post-treatment variables after the experimental treatment.

convencional treatment

Other

is a physiotherapy treatment for neurological patients

Primary outcomes

  1. walking motor skills

    Time frame: 1 hour

    measures of gait motor ability using the time up ang go test.

  2. spasticity

    Time frame: 1 hour

    measurements of spatiality using the modified Ashworth scale

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universidad Católica de Ávila

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of a Treatment Plan of Neurological Physiotherapy in Conjunction With Ultrasound-guided Dry Needling in Stroke Patients.

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Feb 9, 2022
Registry last updated
Jun 30, 2022

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