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Electroacupuncture on Modifying Inflammatory Levels of Cytokines and Metabolites in Stroke Patients.
Sponsor: China Medical University Hospital
Summary
The study will make an association between the diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine that establishes that the syndrome of blood stagnation generates alteration in blood flow, vascular dysfunction, and damage to the endothelium. This process is like what occurs in a stroke. It will use electroacupuncture to change this chronic inflammatory process, and to know the effects and efficacy of this technique in the regulation and modulation of to treat extensive inflammatory diseases. However, this inflammatory response must be associated with serum cholesterol levels, since they are associated with a stroke between the LDL-C/HDL-C ratio and the prognosis after a stroke.
Official title: Electroacupuncture on Modifying Inflammatory Levels of Cytokines and Metabolites in Stroke Patients
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
35 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
17
Start Date
2022-10-11
Completion Date
2024-11-29
Last Updated
2026-06-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
electroacupuncture
This is the group that receives real electroacupuncture, applied to selected acupuncture points both on the arms and legs, and on the scalp. All procedures were carried out with disposable needles measuring 0.25 mm in diameter (32-gauge) and 44 mm in length.
Locations (1)
China Medical University Hospital
Taichung, Taichung North Distrit, Taiwan