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Status unknownNCT02011854Updated Dec 13, 2013

Acupuncture for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of rehabilitation and Acupuncture in Shoulder-hand Syndrome, sponsored by Zouqin Huang. Status unknown at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 40 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-12-13.

Sponsored by Zouqin Huang · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2013), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
90
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
40 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Shoulder-hand syndrome，a common complication of stroke patient，which is an important factor of limb function recovery.This research aims to observe the effect and safety of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese medicine Combined with Rehabilitation Therapy for Post-stroke Shoulder-hand Syndrome.Furthermore, the investigators will promote the treatment in community hospital.

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Conditions studied

  • Shoulder-hand Syndrome

Keywords

  • acupuncture，rehabilitation,Shoulder-hand Syndrome
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In context

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

149 studies on the registry are indexed under Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy; 28 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 90 is above the median of 40 across 114 interventional studies indexed under Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Zouqin Huang as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
40 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Ischemic stroke and shoulder hand syndrome,conscious,For 2 weeks to 6 months,Patients with I or Ⅱ period.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Disturbance of consciousness,With shoulder joint disease or muscle disease,Patients with shoulder hand syndrome Ⅲ period,Serious primary diseases such as heart,liver and kidney,Mental illness.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
90 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Acupuncture with rehabilitation

    Electric acupuncture,Chinese medicine,Chinese medicine cupping,rehabilitation,To treat five times a week,Total course is eight weeks

    Device: rehabilitation · Device: Acupuncture

  • Other
    rehabilitation

    rehabilitation,To treat five times a week,Total course is eight weeks

    Device: rehabilitation

Interventions

  • Devicerehabilitation

    rehabilitation,To treat five times a week,Total course is eight weeks

  • DeviceAcupuncture
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Visual analogue scale (VAS) method Visual analogue scale (VAS) method Visual analogue scale (VAS)

    To evaluate the pain in shoulder joint

    Time frame: 4 weeks and 8 weeks after treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Fugl-Meyer scale

    To evaluate the limb movement function

    Time frame: 4 weeks and 8 weeks after treatment

Other outcomes

  1. Barthel index (BI)

    To evaluate patient's ability in daily life

    Time frame: 4 weeks and 8 weeks after treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Pudong New Area TCM Hospital
    Shanghai, Shanghai 201299, China
    • Huang Zouqin, Doctor · Contact · hzqmusic@yeah.net · 021-58989669/2727
    • Huang Zouqin · Contact · 13564599607
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 13, 2013, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02011854
Lead sponsor
Zouqin Huang
Collaborators
Longhua Hospital
Responsible party
Zouqin Huang (Attending physician, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
Dec 13, 2013
Start date
Oct 2013
Primary completion
Oct 2016 (estimated)
Completion
Oct 2016 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 13, 2013

Study contacts

huang Zouqin, Dr.
Contact
hzqmusic@yeah.net
021-58989669/2727
Huang Zouqin, Dcctor
study director · Pudong New Area TCM Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
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