Acupuncture With Deqi And Psychological Effects in Treatment of Bell's Palsy

Huazhong University of Science and Technology355 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to observe the influence of Deqi and neuropsychological factors on effects of acupuncture treatment for Bell's Palsy.

Through long-term clinical practice，acupuncture treatment on facial paralysis has been generally proved effective；the large number of ancient and modern medical literature also have suggested that acupuncture is beneficial for facial paralysis. However,a scientific basis is still needed to be established to make sure the efficacy of acupuncture be recognized internationally.This study will adopt a series of international practice scales ,such as House Brackmann Scale,Facial Disability Index(FDI),World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF), Cattell Personality Factors (16PF),and Cancellation test to evaluate the role of deqi and neuropsychological factors in the acupuncture treatment for Bell's Palsy.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

355

Conditions

Bell's Palsy

Interventions

acupuncture, deqiDEVICE

Immediately after insertion of a needle, it is manually rotated backwards and forwards to induce the deqi sensation.

acupuncture Non-manipulationDEVICE

After insertion of a needle, no manipulation is applied, and the needle is retained for 30 minutes.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients who were diagnosed to have unilateral facial-nerve weakness without any identifiable causes within 168 hours after onset of symptoms; 2. aged 18 to 65 years. Exclusion criteria： 1. illiterate; 2. the facial paralysis is caused by herpes zoster; 3. recurrent facial paralysis; 4. noticeable asymmetry of the face before the illness which may affect the evaluation; 5. history of peptic ulcer disease, severe hypertension, uncontrolled diabetes, liver and kidney dysfunction, pregnancy, mental illness, or serious systemic diseases which may affect the treatment.

Locations (1)

Institute of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine

Wuhan, Hubei, China

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

House-Brackmann scale (HBS)

Time frame: 6 months after onset of symptoms

Secondary Outcomes

facial disability index (FDI)

Time frame: 6 months after onset of symptoms

World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF(WHOQOL-BREF)

Time frame: 6 months after onset of symptoms

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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