The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness,safety and Input-output ratio of chinese traditional treatment in spasm after stroke,both in massage and herbal medicine bathing.
A Muti-center randomized controlled study with large samples to observe improvement of motor function,severity of spasm,ADL(activity of daily lives),by standardized protocols of TCM techniques(massage and herbal bathing) combined with conventional rehabilitation on spasm after stroke in 1 month.Modified Ashworth scale,Fugl-Meyer Index and Modified barthel Index were used for spasm,motor function and ADL.And also the follow up research within 3 months and 6 months focus on the efficacy duration of TCM on spasm.Try to find suitable timing for intervention on spasm by CTM(Massage and herbal medicine bathing)and the connection between spasm severity and treatment efficacy.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1,208
PT 1 hour per day and OT 30min per day
Traditional Chinese Medicine, including massage and medicated bath
modern rehabilitation treatment with Baimai Ruangao and massage
Jiangsu Province Hospital
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
RECRUITINGModified Ashworth Scale
the common used clinical measurement to assess the levels of limb spasticity
Time frame: 6 months
Fugl-Meyer Moter Assessment
Time frame: 6 months
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modern rehabilitation treatment and Tibetan medicine(medicated bath with wuweiganlu and rub with baimairuangao)