The neural plasticity and efficacy of acupuncture for post-stroke dysphagia: protocol for a randomized controlled trial with fMRI and DTI.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dysphagia, a common complication of acute stroke, is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. Acupuncture, a widely used swallowing therapy in China, has been suggested as an effective therapy for treating Post-Stroke Dysphagia (PSD) by recent meta-analyses and guidelines. The use of resting-state functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) and Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) could explore the change of regional spontaneous neural activity, functional relationships between brain regions, and white matter connectivity patterns after acupuncture intervention for PSD. This trial aims to evaluate the efficacy of acupuncture treatment for PSD and explore its central mechanism by neuroimaging.

Methods/design

This randomized controlled trial will recruit 40

SUBMITTER: Liu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11451215 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature