Effects of dry needling intervention on lower limb dysfunction after stroke: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Lower limb dysfunction is among the common sequelae of patients who had a poststroke and often results in the reduction of the quality of life. This study aims to assess the short and interim-term efficacy of dry needling (DN) intervention on lower extremity function, balance and gait in lower limb dysfunction after stroke.

Methods and analysis

This protocol entails an assessor and statistician-blinded, single-centre study with a randomised controlled trial. Forty-four patients who had a poststroke will be randomly allocated (1:1) to either the conventional treatment group (n=22) or the DN group (n=22). The conventional treatment group will receive conventional rehabilitation treatment once a day for 40 min each time. The treatment will be performed five times a

SUBMITTER: Tang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9615970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature